Stuart was definitely anti-war as is the song. His explanation of the song is: "The mother and son and the wife and the husband...I wanted to see every point". To me the song is about how war affects people's thinking about "the others" (We are right...who started this?...Run to ground our heathen foe) and how war takes the lives of young people (box me up and ship me home).
This song, like the band itself, is simply amazing- how many bands out there had/have music that deals with such issues and took the vantage point of real people and how they feel and live. Everything about Big Country, from their soaring guitar riffs to their poetic and thought provoking lyrics was unique.
Stuart was definitely anti-war as is the song. His explanation of the song is: "The mother and son and the wife and the husband...I wanted to see every point". To me the song is about how war affects people's thinking about "the others" (We are right...who started this?...Run to ground our heathen foe) and how war takes the lives of young people (box me up and ship me home).
This song, like the band itself, is simply amazing- how many bands out there had/have music that deals with such issues and took the vantage point of real people and how they feel and live. Everything about Big Country, from their soaring guitar riffs to their poetic and thought provoking lyrics was unique.