Got my finger on the trigger
But I don't know who to trust
I look into your eyes
There's just devils and dust
In wake of current events, and Bruce's support of the anti-war movement in the United States, it's clear from the beginning of this song that it is about war. I take the first line 'Got my finger on the trigger' to be a reference to the inclination of the deployment and use of war, and the second line 'Don't know who to trust' to be a reference to the popular saying that came out of the vietnam era, "Don't trust anyone over 30". More specifically the 3rd and 4th lines reveal this song to be about the Iraq War. when I analyze the title of the song 'Devils and dust', and the repeated reference to devils and dust throughout the song, the word devils is symbolic of man's inhumanity to man, or of the injustice of war; and dust is symbolic of Iraq. Thus, in line's 3 and 4 and througout the song, everytime he looks at himself, and his countrymen, or soldiers, in the eyes, or the heart, he sees Devils and Dust (war and Iraq). And where we once had good intentions in Iraq or God filled soul intentions, They are now filled with Devils and Dust (war and Iraq).
Got my finger on the trigger But I don't know who to trust I look into your eyes There's just devils and dust
In wake of current events, and Bruce's support of the anti-war movement in the United States, it's clear from the beginning of this song that it is about war. I take the first line 'Got my finger on the trigger' to be a reference to the inclination of the deployment and use of war, and the second line 'Don't know who to trust' to be a reference to the popular saying that came out of the vietnam era, "Don't trust anyone over 30". More specifically the 3rd and 4th lines reveal this song to be about the Iraq War. when I analyze the title of the song 'Devils and dust', and the repeated reference to devils and dust throughout the song, the word devils is symbolic of man's inhumanity to man, or of the injustice of war; and dust is symbolic of Iraq. Thus, in line's 3 and 4 and througout the song, everytime he looks at himself, and his countrymen, or soldiers, in the eyes, or the heart, he sees Devils and Dust (war and Iraq). And where we once had good intentions in Iraq or God filled soul intentions, They are now filled with Devils and Dust (war and Iraq).