Disposable Heroes

This is about how many people go into war with the desire to be heroic. In reality, most of them are an expendable commodity, used and abused for their ruler's ends.

This is a great song, in both the instruments and lyrics. I think it describes how joining the military is made to look so heroic and respectful to your country, but once you're out on the battlefield, nothing matters but yourself. The government doesn't care if you live or die, they just want you to do their bidding at your expense. Of course, this doesn't mean that you are ignorant for joining the armed forces, I still think it is very respectable, and I'm not taling about the U.S. government in particular.

This song is about how war is glorified when, in reality, every soldier is a hero. And war isn't as 'cool' or glamorous as some people make it out to be.

It seems as though it is talking about how respectable soldiers and men who just wanted to serve their country are being used just to fight for a government who veiws them as just a disposable resource, hence the name disposable heroes.

I've always felt this song is about how soldiers are treated as 'Disposable heroes', as being a soldier is to be considered a 'hero's' job in the eyes of civilians, they're just taking a bullet for the old men back home that started the war.

Bodies fill the fields I see, hungry heroes end No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend

No more children's dreams of being a soldier and a hero when you're older, this shit's for real and you're quick to realise.

Running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all Victim of what said should be, a servant 'til I fall

Basically what you go through during a battle, 'running blind through killing fields', 'bred to kill them all' refering to how you're trained to fire a weapon, but born to kill others.

Soldier boy, made of clay Now an empty shell Twenty one, only son But he served us well Bred to kill, not to care Just do as we say Finished here, greeting Death He's yours to take away

Every soldier is an individual, the government acts as if it's a huge loss to lose one soldier to the relatives, but for those he fought for he was nothing but a pawn.

Back to the front You will do, what I say, when I say Back to the front you will die, when I say, you must die Back to the front

If you're called in for duty, you MUST go. Soldiers of the Red Army (The USSR's Army) always had to keep moving forward to the German lines, with or without a weapon, which were scarce anyhow, seeing as 25 million Red Army soldiers have died during WW2. Just cannon fodder. And if the soldiers ran back to their 'comrades', they would get shot by them.

You coward You servant You blind man

You're signing up to be used as a pawn, you're a servant and a blind man.

Barking of machine gun fire, does nothing to me now Sounding of the clock that ticks, got used to it somehow

Living in war the entire time somehow gets people used to it, no longer questioning whatever orders they get and blindly running into machine gun fire. Kinda tying in with the whole 'Master of Puppets' idea.

More a man, more stripes you bare, glory seeker trends Bodies fill the fields I see, the slaughter never ends

Generals always have a lot of medals and stripes, soldiers are basically drawn in by the stripes you get for killing others. But you're quick to realise the fields are just filling with bodies, slaughter never ending.

Why, am I dying Kill, have no fear Lie, live off lying Hell, hell is here

I was born for dying!

Realisation what a mistake it was to join the army, and therefore thinking he was born just to die for his 'country'.

Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I say Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day Looking back I realize, nothing have I done Left to die with only friend, alone I clench my gun

Being all alone on a battlefield with all your friends dead around, what else can you do but clench your gun tight and hum this song.

kinda the same as no remorse...how war shatters innocence and lives "Barking of machinegun fire, does nothing to me now" see what i mean about shattered innocence? how much more shattered can you get?

I love this song because our government feeds us propaganda from the time we're born to think that being a soldier is so glamorous, but in reality the government doesn't give a shit out of any of us and every soldier is really just a disposable tool the buereaucratic machine exploits to get more money and then just throws it away, because there is an endless supply of disposable heroes. We all need to escape the governments mind control over us and think for ourselves. Just ask yourself what you're fighting for? Is it worth your life to maintain safety and prosperity for the rich and greedy? For the ones that make you 50 hours a week, holding a shitty wage over your head, and controlling your life with a dollar bill. The fact that they attempt to screw you in every situation possible? America brainwashes us to think we're fighting to maintain the great American way of life, but the "great American life" is a life of slavery.

Its about war in which the soldiers are just sent out to the front to die. There are so many soldiers that one death doesnt matter. BACK TO THE FRONT!

This is one of my all-time favorite songs from Metallica. It's fast, heavy and has deep meaning. I think this song talks about war and soldiers. This song is graphically stating images that a soldier sees in war and how it changes him along the way. Also, it shows the effects of drafting someone into the services and making them "bred to kill, not to care. Just do as we(government) say" Great song.

This song closes the mouth of all who say metallica have to deep meaning. Not like all the pop songs who talk about love and love and love. This is reality. I am not sure but the song can be against Bietnam