Gospel

This song really reminds me of where I live. It's a typical suburbia, full of trophy wives and rampant right-wing Christianity. This song specifically reminds me of how the people in my community act relating to the war, if it can be called that. They support it, as long as it doesn't affect them. In this song, the speaker seems to be experiencing the same feeling of suburban disregard-- he is hanging holiday rainbow lights, he wants to come over because he's bored, and they are playing GI blood. But this is about to change, and it is about to directly affect him. He is being called up to service, the killers (meaning the US military) are calling on him, and I think the gravity of the situation is finally hitting him, and he is getting scared, and asking his darling to help him prepare, ie tying his string. I might have completely missed the mark here, but this is what the song means to me.