Kangaroo Cry (New Version)

When baby kangaroos leave the pouch, if they get seperated from their mom, they let out a cry. Their mom can distinguish their baby's cry and go to search for them. The song is about our troops being seperated from their families. The "she" that the song is referring to is the daughter of a soldier who is leaving for deployment. As he leaves her, she lets out a Kangaroo Cry...hoping to be found by that parent.

At a concert in DC, Justin said that travelling, they see so many soldiers leaving their families to go do their jobs. He said that this song was for the families of the soldiers. He got pretty irritated when people were yelling things during his intro at one point, saying he would wait for them to be quiet....

For either interpretation, this song made me even more of a blue october fan than I already was....

My girlfriend and I were at a Blue October concert a few months before I was deployed, it quickly became one of her favorite songs while I was gone. At the concert they told us that they always see soldiers at the airports saying goodbye to their families and this song was for the soldiers and their families. Beautiful song.

DISCLAIMER I have just obtained a copy of Justin Furstenfeld's book Crazy Making. It's not very detailed, but it contains all the lyrics to all current (The Answers - Approaching Normal) Blue October songs, and his inspiration behind them. As I said, it's not very detailed, but it's his words on every Blue October song that is in the book. I know everyone interprets a song differently from everyone else, but having the original intent behind the song will be helpful to people who don't fully understand a song. Also, any grammatical errors are not made by me, I'm putting down Justin's words exactly how he writes them. So yea... enjoy :)

Kangaroo Cry: "I felt I had to write a song for every soldier we see at the airport holding their families. I make a point to tell them thank you. It's heart breaking. The strength. They have. 'Let's get you home now'"

I think it's pretty obvious what this song is about. It's sort of a tribute to those who serve, both as him wanting to "stand beside the ones who stood alone", but also wanting our troops out of harms way "How long will we have to sing until you finally bring our sons our daughters home?", referencing the numerous Anti-War songs that have been out there (knowing his influences I would have to say R.E.M. is among the ones he's hinting to).

i think the song is about a soldier gettting ready to leave for war. in the song he talks about families getting torn apart standing by those who stood alone...the troops. so i think pretty much the same thing as what cascadia4 thinks

its obvious that this song is about 9 11 and how kids are recruited to fight in wars