Surprised nobody has commented on this song. It's a very good 10 Years song in my opinion... As for the meaning behind it, I'm going to go out on a limb and give my idea of it being about war.
The first verse seems to give the idea of how he has been moulded into the image of a soldier ("One in the same", "I'm twisted in knots from hard work and strain").
The chorus may give an indication of mixed feelings -- anticipation, fear, enlightenment and acceptance. The soldier is afraid to be on the frontline, fighting in a war, afraid that death is ever so imminent, only now because he realises what it is like. However even through his realisation of what war is like, he doesn't care. He simply wants to do what he wants to do.
The second verse seems to describe the soldier's futility and how all the efforts he has put in seem to be in vain, how the hunter has become the hunted. Even through this, he is attempting to hold back his true feelings of fright to maintain his composure as a soldier.
As for the bridge, I feel this is simply the message that war is not the answer, that all nations need equality.
Surprised nobody has commented on this song. It's a very good 10 Years song in my opinion... As for the meaning behind it, I'm going to go out on a limb and give my idea of it being about war.
The first verse seems to give the idea of how he has been moulded into the image of a soldier ("One in the same", "I'm twisted in knots from hard work and strain").
The chorus may give an indication of mixed feelings -- anticipation, fear, enlightenment and acceptance. The soldier is afraid to be on the frontline, fighting in a war, afraid that death is ever so imminent, only now because he realises what it is like. However even through his realisation of what war is like, he doesn't care. He simply wants to do what he wants to do.
The second verse seems to describe the soldier's futility and how all the efforts he has put in seem to be in vain, how the hunter has become the hunted. Even through this, he is attempting to hold back his true feelings of fright to maintain his composure as a soldier.
As for the bridge, I feel this is simply the message that war is not the answer, that all nations need equality.
Not even close
Not even close