The "flag pole rag" reminds me of "beneath that tattered flag we made" from Fortres Around Your Heart - he probable took this motif from here.
Byt, anyway, I heard he once said that he viewed this song with irony. Maybe I didn't see right when I read that, cause this song always gets me "driven to tears".
I wish I could interpret it more in detail (like, every verse), cause it's all one mataphore after another, but I just can't brek through what he means generally.
The "flag pole rag" reminds me of "beneath that tattered flag we made" from Fortres Around Your Heart - he probable took this motif from here. Byt, anyway, I heard he once said that he viewed this song with irony. Maybe I didn't see right when I read that, cause this song always gets me "driven to tears". I wish I could interpret it more in detail (like, every verse), cause it's all one mataphore after another, but I just can't brek through what he means generally.