Oligarch, you are, I think, the only person on here to understand what the song is really about.
It's about mercs, straight and simple. How could anybody not see this?
"Dogs of War and Men of Hate"
Mercenaries are men of no remorse
"With no cause we don't discriminate"
We have no cause and don't care what religion, color or nationality you are, we'll kill you if we're payed to do it.
"Discovery is to be dissowned, our currancy is flesh and bone"
We have to play the game right if we're going to play it, and we sell ourselfs to war.
"Hell opened up and put on sale, Gather' round and haggle"
We bring hell TO anybody, FOR anybody with the hightest price.
"For hard cash we will lie and deceave, even our masters don't know the webs we weave"
Pay us well and we'll deliver you the world, but don't think that you can buy our blind loyalty. There's always a bigger buyer. We might decide to abandon you on the promise of more money from your enemie, or we could just decide to leave. You don't control us, and you never know what we're planning.
"One world, it's a battleground. One world we're going to smash it down."
The entire world is our playground, and we decide when it falls.
"Invisible transfers, long distance calls"
You can't find us if we don't want you to, and we have contacts all acrost the world.
"Hollow laughter in marble halls"
We're the true puppetmasters in the marble halls of politics.
"Steps have been taken, a silent uproar
has unleashed the dogs of war"
Steps have been taken and we'll cause your citizens to turn against you, there's always another war around the corner to look forward to.
"You can't stop what has begun
signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion"
You can't stop our advance, can't slow our progress.
The money payed, the contract signed, and now we'll topple everything you've built for yourself.
"We all have a dark side, to say the least
and dealing in death is the nature of the beast"
We all are normal people with loving families, homes, and lifes, but then, everybody has a dark side to say the least. Death is just a job for us, and we do it the best we can.
"The dogs of war don't negotiate
the dogs of war won't capitulate
they will take and you will give
and you must die so that they may live'
When we decide you will die, you can't buy your way out of it. Even if you beat us we will never give in to you. You WILL give anything we ask, and believe me we WILL take it if we want. And if our employer wants you to die, then you die.
"You can knock at any door
but wherever you go, you know they've been there before"
You can ask anybody for help, but you won't find any, becouse everybody belongs to us now. We're nothing if not thorough.
"Well winners can lose and things can get strained
but whatever you change, you know the dogs remain"
Well we may die, and you may gain the upper hand, but whatever you do there will always be people who will kill for money. You can never get rid of us all, and the harder you crack down on your people, trying to root us out, the more they will resent you and the more allies we will have. We're always here to stay.
That's my end of the story anyways. Hope it brightened your understanding of one of their greatest later songs.
Oligarch, you are, I think, the only person on here to understand what the song is really about.
It's about mercs, straight and simple. How could anybody not see this?
"Dogs of War and Men of Hate" Mercenaries are men of no remorse
"With no cause we don't discriminate" We have no cause and don't care what religion, color or nationality you are, we'll kill you if we're payed to do it.
"Discovery is to be dissowned, our currancy is flesh and bone" We have to play the game right if we're going to play it, and we sell ourselfs to war.
"Hell opened up and put on sale, Gather' round and haggle" We bring hell TO anybody, FOR anybody with the hightest price.
"For hard cash we will lie and deceave, even our masters don't know the webs we weave" Pay us well and we'll deliver you the world, but don't think that you can buy our blind loyalty. There's always a bigger buyer. We might decide to abandon you on the promise of more money from your enemie, or we could just decide to leave. You don't control us, and you never know what we're planning.
"One world, it's a battleground. One world we're going to smash it down." The entire world is our playground, and we decide when it falls.
"Invisible transfers, long distance calls" You can't find us if we don't want you to, and we have contacts all acrost the world.
"Hollow laughter in marble halls" We're the true puppetmasters in the marble halls of politics.
"Steps have been taken, a silent uproar has unleashed the dogs of war" Steps have been taken and we'll cause your citizens to turn against you, there's always another war around the corner to look forward to.
"You can't stop what has begun signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion" You can't stop our advance, can't slow our progress. The money payed, the contract signed, and now we'll topple everything you've built for yourself.
"We all have a dark side, to say the least and dealing in death is the nature of the beast" We all are normal people with loving families, homes, and lifes, but then, everybody has a dark side to say the least. Death is just a job for us, and we do it the best we can.
"The dogs of war don't negotiate the dogs of war won't capitulate they will take and you will give and you must die so that they may live' When we decide you will die, you can't buy your way out of it. Even if you beat us we will never give in to you. You WILL give anything we ask, and believe me we WILL take it if we want. And if our employer wants you to die, then you die.
"You can knock at any door but wherever you go, you know they've been there before" You can ask anybody for help, but you won't find any, becouse everybody belongs to us now. We're nothing if not thorough.
"Well winners can lose and things can get strained but whatever you change, you know the dogs remain" Well we may die, and you may gain the upper hand, but whatever you do there will always be people who will kill for money. You can never get rid of us all, and the harder you crack down on your people, trying to root us out, the more they will resent you and the more allies we will have. We're always here to stay.
That's my end of the story anyways. Hope it brightened your understanding of one of their greatest later songs.