The first thing to hit me when I heard this song, was the war in Iraq.
Or the West Vs. East, Christians'/non-believers Vs. Muslims etc. etc..
The heroes are clearly the American soldiers and the martyrs are the suicide-bombers...Graffin's atheist point of view shines through in the last line of the song: "What's the sense of heroes and martyrs?"
The line "An ultraviolent call summoning both poet and thrall" could mean that their leaders are calling upon the heroes and martyrs to fight. Not sure about this one,though....
The next line : "The inveterate blind seeking daylight", to me this is BR describing the soldiers and martyrs. The are totally blinded by their beliefs and are unable to give even a bit of credit to the beliefs of the "enemy"! And they are seeking victory or answers, but due to their handicap (blind/ignorant), they will never find it...
And like Brett and Greg said, the last album was more about talking shit about the war in Iraq, on this album they're going to try to find some solutions to the problem and how we are going to fix it and get out of this shit!...
The first thing to hit me when I heard this song, was the war in Iraq. Or the West Vs. East, Christians'/non-believers Vs. Muslims etc. etc..
The heroes are clearly the American soldiers and the martyrs are the suicide-bombers...Graffin's atheist point of view shines through in the last line of the song: "What's the sense of heroes and martyrs?"
The line "An ultraviolent call summoning both poet and thrall" could mean that their leaders are calling upon the heroes and martyrs to fight. Not sure about this one,though.... The next line : "The inveterate blind seeking daylight", to me this is BR describing the soldiers and martyrs. The are totally blinded by their beliefs and are unable to give even a bit of credit to the beliefs of the "enemy"! And they are seeking victory or answers, but due to their handicap (blind/ignorant), they will never find it...
And like Brett and Greg said, the last album was more about talking shit about the war in Iraq, on this album they're going to try to find some solutions to the problem and how we are going to fix it and get out of this shit!...