I hope these are the right lyrics, sorry if they are not.
I think this is speaking in both a literal and figurative sense.
I hope you can figure out the literal sense on your on. But in case you can't I'll try to explain what I think it means anyways.
A person goes to war, and is saying to his family and friends that if he doesn't make it home, don't cry for him, it was his choice to go to war, and if he had a second chance, he'd go to war again anyways.
Figuratively, I think this song could be about dealing with depression.
I'll sleep tonight but the war's far from over
He will sleep at night, try to forget about his problems and depressions, make light of the situation, but the war inside himself is not ending anytime soon, and he's a long way from happiness.
Tomorrow is no guarantee
Tomorrow is no guarantee that he will be any happier, that everything will be better... etc.
If I don't return from this life of a soldier
I think this could be about... well... suicide. If he doesn't return to what his personality was before depression, he might kill himself. Saying like if he doesn't return from his life of battling his inner demons, he will have died.
Don't you be crying for me.
He's begging people not to cry for him, it was his choice and they shouldn't feel bad.
I actually think it leans more so towards the actual literal war theory because of the verses too, but the depression theory fits in nice with the chorus.
I hope these are the right lyrics, sorry if they are not.
I think this is speaking in both a literal and figurative sense.
I hope you can figure out the literal sense on your on. But in case you can't I'll try to explain what I think it means anyways.
A person goes to war, and is saying to his family and friends that if he doesn't make it home, don't cry for him, it was his choice to go to war, and if he had a second chance, he'd go to war again anyways.
Figuratively, I think this song could be about dealing with depression.
I'll sleep tonight but the war's far from over
He will sleep at night, try to forget about his problems and depressions, make light of the situation, but the war inside himself is not ending anytime soon, and he's a long way from happiness.
Tomorrow is no guarantee
Tomorrow is no guarantee that he will be any happier, that everything will be better... etc.
If I don't return from this life of a soldier
I think this could be about... well... suicide. If he doesn't return to what his personality was before depression, he might kill himself. Saying like if he doesn't return from his life of battling his inner demons, he will have died.
Don't you be crying for me.
He's begging people not to cry for him, it was his choice and they shouldn't feel bad.
I actually think it leans more so towards the actual literal war theory because of the verses too, but the depression theory fits in nice with the chorus.
Song rules.