This song is based on the Ernest Hemmingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, and it is about 5 soldiers left to defend a hill and are killed in an airstrike.
Specifically, the song is about El Sordo's guerrilla band's final fight. That's pretty much exactly it. Metallica isn't commenting on anything really; just re-saying what's stated, either overtly or covertly in the book.
Specifically, the song is about El Sordo's guerrilla band's final fight. That's pretty much exactly it. Metallica isn't commenting on anything really; just re-saying what's stated, either overtly or covertly in the book.
tl;dr:
tl;dr:
Read For Whom the Bell Tolls, and this song'll make sense... but it's prolly tl for you to r :P
Read For Whom the Bell Tolls, and this song'll make sense... but it's prolly tl for you to r :P
This song is based on the Ernest Hemmingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, and it is about 5 soldiers left to defend a hill and are killed in an airstrike.
Specifically, the song is about El Sordo's guerrilla band's final fight. That's pretty much exactly it. Metallica isn't commenting on anything really; just re-saying what's stated, either overtly or covertly in the book.
Specifically, the song is about El Sordo's guerrilla band's final fight. That's pretty much exactly it. Metallica isn't commenting on anything really; just re-saying what's stated, either overtly or covertly in the book.
tl;dr:
tl;dr:
Read For Whom the Bell Tolls, and this song'll make sense... but it's prolly tl for you to r :P
Read For Whom the Bell Tolls, and this song'll make sense... but it's prolly tl for you to r :P