I think this one is about the concept of vengeance/revenge. I mean it's about the Iraq war it seems, and is someone not agreeing with the "mainstream" view of it all and just being all tired and sick of it and everything and sickened of it.
"..to the bully that never learns I could’ve swore I heard a chorus rise and fall wishing them so many more unhappy returns." - Perhaps saying that he starts hating and wishing them (the troops, and people) bad, hoping they'll get killed. Thoughts of hate taking over.
But in every war waged, only kings emerged unscathed." - him thinking that you/we lose ourselves perhaps and lose if we get taken over by vengeance/revenge and same hate and sickness we fight and reject, and the ones guilty or behind it all will still sit at the top "un-damaged". So in short this song is perhaps very "propaGANDHI".
I think this one is about the concept of vengeance/revenge. I mean it's about the Iraq war it seems, and is someone not agreeing with the "mainstream" view of it all and just being all tired and sick of it and everything and sickened of it.
"..to the bully that never learns I could’ve swore I heard a chorus rise and fall wishing them so many more unhappy returns." - Perhaps saying that he starts hating and wishing them (the troops, and people) bad, hoping they'll get killed. Thoughts of hate taking over.
But in every war waged, only kings emerged unscathed." - him thinking that you/we lose ourselves perhaps and lose if we get taken over by vengeance/revenge and same hate and sickness we fight and reject, and the ones guilty or behind it all will still sit at the top "un-damaged". So in short this song is perhaps very "propaGANDHI".