Army Reserve Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Ledbetter 

Cover art for Army Reserve lyrics by Pearl Jam

Seems like it's about a mother seeing reformation in her childs eyes.

She tells herself And everyone else Father is risking His life for our freedoms

Her childs father is away at war fighting for his son and family so they never have to go through what he is going through right now again.

The child is seeing what is happening and the "lightning in my child's eye" is the child burning to change the passed (when he is older of course) and take a stand against war.