Anyone else feel that this song is about a soldier who regrets joining the military?
"Because I've sold myself a slave.
A slave to a cause that holds no end..."
His humanity, his value of human life, is keeping him from performing his "duties" as a soldier, or at least causing serious cognitive dissonance.
"My wish, I wish, I'm wishing for the day when i can break these chains, and take to the sky. But now it seems my humanity is too much for me, I'm watching freedom pass me by."
Anyone else feel that this song is about a soldier who regrets joining the military?
"Because I've sold myself a slave. A slave to a cause that holds no end..."
His humanity, his value of human life, is keeping him from performing his "duties" as a soldier, or at least causing serious cognitive dissonance.
"My wish, I wish, I'm wishing for the day when i can break these chains, and take to the sky. But now it seems my humanity is too much for me, I'm watching freedom pass me by."
Plus the title "Gun for Hire"
That's just what I got from it.