Not to disagree with everyone, but I"m almost positive this song is about war. Its filled with subtle war references.
Lets break it down:
First of all, the speaker of the song is on a desert island in the dead sea. Where is the dead sea? the middle east. Its a desert, kind of like the one we are fighting a war in.
Oh maker has a beautiful little double meaning. Obviously its sounds like its to God, but who is it really to? Its to the maker, the person who convinced this guy to join the army.
Thats why he says "Don't pardon me" instead of "pardon me, but." because he's saying "don't pardon me from the army because I want to die out here I am ready to die."
The death threat provides a thrill fits perfect in an army setting. Thats how a lot of people view the concept of joining the armed forced.
Ever read an old navy advertisement? Seen the slogan "Join the army and see the world" ever before.
Thats what the second to last line is in reference to.
I've kissed all the pretty girls is an illustration of the romanticized concept of leaving your lover, the one pretty girl in the world, behind to wait for you to return so you can marry her.
----- This has nothing to do with the army, but there is a great little double meaning in the song the alludes to biggie smalls
The first meaning is what is printed. As the character is dying, the ghosts get big all around them and he hears weird little sounds like a drill.
The other one is in reference to a rapper whose only non-posthumous release was called "ready to die", biggie smalls, and its a comment that "biggie smalls sounds like a drill."
This is interesting when you look at the first song the Island's album "return to the sea", which is in many ways a sequel to this album, is called Swans (Life After Death)
Life After Death is of course the posthumous release of rapper Biggie Smalls.
Not to disagree with everyone, but I"m almost positive this song is about war. Its filled with subtle war references. Lets break it down:
First of all, the speaker of the song is on a desert island in the dead sea. Where is the dead sea? the middle east. Its a desert, kind of like the one we are fighting a war in.
Oh maker has a beautiful little double meaning. Obviously its sounds like its to God, but who is it really to? Its to the maker, the person who convinced this guy to join the army. Thats why he says "Don't pardon me" instead of "pardon me, but." because he's saying "don't pardon me from the army because I want to die out here I am ready to die."
The death threat provides a thrill fits perfect in an army setting. Thats how a lot of people view the concept of joining the armed forced. Ever read an old navy advertisement? Seen the slogan "Join the army and see the world" ever before. Thats what the second to last line is in reference to. I've kissed all the pretty girls is an illustration of the romanticized concept of leaving your lover, the one pretty girl in the world, behind to wait for you to return so you can marry her.
----- This has nothing to do with the army, but there is a great little double meaning in the song the alludes to biggie smalls The first meaning is what is printed. As the character is dying, the ghosts get big all around them and he hears weird little sounds like a drill.
The other one is in reference to a rapper whose only non-posthumous release was called "ready to die", biggie smalls, and its a comment that "biggie smalls sounds like a drill."
This is interesting when you look at the first song the Island's album "return to the sea", which is in many ways a sequel to this album, is called Swans (Life After Death)
Life After Death is of course the posthumous release of rapper Biggie Smalls.
I hope that brings some light to this song.