I don't know much about the cold war. what i got from this song was it being about all countries who make war. particularly the US and other western countries and the war in iraq. i know this song was probably written long before. but this is my meaning for this song.
Ok. heres why:
"Kill for gain or shoot to maim"
Oil is gain
"But we don't need a reason"
Saddam hussain hiding WMDs or is he?? obviously they dont need a reason
"The Golden Goose is on the loose"
IRONxxxMAIDEN 44 said the golden goose was a term for capitalism. hence western countries...
"And never out of season"
The U.S. always seems to be sticking their noses in
"Some blackened pride still burns inside
This shell of bloody treason"
&
"Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain"
Pride for "Freedom and Liberty", which is being treasoned against by enforcing it on other nations. Its not freedom if its being enforced.
"Here's my gun for a barrel of fun
For the love of living death."
&
"The glamour, the fortune..."
As a culture we idolise and glorify violence and war. look at console games (not that i'm complaining i love FPS games) but we've made war seem fun (barrel of fun).
"The blind men shout let the creatures out
We'll show the unbelievers"
&
"As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,"
People have been decieved into blind patriotism, believing that anything apart from democracy is evil. (just for the record the US isn't a democracy)
"We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies"
=ppl sending their children off to war (ne'er to return)
theres lots of other links as well. like i said, this is just my interpretation of the song, the cold war stuff's prolly more on the line although a lot of this can also tie in with that.
I don't know much about the cold war. what i got from this song was it being about all countries who make war. particularly the US and other western countries and the war in iraq. i know this song was probably written long before. but this is my meaning for this song.
Ok. heres why: "Kill for gain or shoot to maim"
Oil is gain
"But we don't need a reason"
Saddam hussain hiding WMDs or is he?? obviously they dont need a reason
"The Golden Goose is on the loose"
IRONxxxMAIDEN 44 said the golden goose was a term for capitalism. hence western countries...
"And never out of season"
The U.S. always seems to be sticking their noses in
"Some blackened pride still burns inside This shell of bloody treason" & "Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain"
Pride for "Freedom and Liberty", which is being treasoned against by enforcing it on other nations. Its not freedom if its being enforced.
"Here's my gun for a barrel of fun For the love of living death." & "The glamour, the fortune..." As a culture we idolise and glorify violence and war. look at console games (not that i'm complaining i love FPS games) but we've made war seem fun (barrel of fun).
"The blind men shout let the creatures out We'll show the unbelievers" & "As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,"
People have been decieved into blind patriotism, believing that anything apart from democracy is evil. (just for the record the US isn't a democracy)
"We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies" =ppl sending their children off to war (ne'er to return)
theres lots of other links as well. like i said, this is just my interpretation of the song, the cold war stuff's prolly more on the line although a lot of this can also tie in with that.