I think that this song is about two lovers, one of them sent off to war (World War I). She has gotten drunk and is contemplating suicide while reading the last letter from her lover who has been killed. The radio war is the reports of the war coming across the radio (pre-TV). The "beast never seen" is War itself and the reference to snow may be the season in which her lover died.
I think that this song is about two lovers, one of them sent off to war (World War I). She has gotten drunk and is contemplating suicide while reading the last letter from her lover who has been killed. The radio war is the reports of the war coming across the radio (pre-TV). The "beast never seen" is War itself and the reference to snow may be the season in which her lover died.