Yeah but it means so much more than that too. If you'll notice, Dustin used the word "jingo" in two different places. He rarely uses a word twice and I think when he does he must really want to emphasize it. Jingoism is like really intense nationalism to the point where it becomes aggressive and hateful to other countries. Dustin talks about the US foreign policy right now and how the government feels it is our duty to patrol the world and put out any threat to our reign of power. It definitely talks about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The "it" referred to is definitely atomic bombs, considering the song says stuff about shadows being burnt into the pavement.
And Dustin says how this Jingoism and warfare scares him because he wants to see his family live and grow up, and he knows there are other families overseas that feel the same but are facing more direct danger of attack. So he vows not to let this fear turn to panic and then into anger, because that is how wars are started.
Yeah but it means so much more than that too. If you'll notice, Dustin used the word "jingo" in two different places. He rarely uses a word twice and I think when he does he must really want to emphasize it. Jingoism is like really intense nationalism to the point where it becomes aggressive and hateful to other countries. Dustin talks about the US foreign policy right now and how the government feels it is our duty to patrol the world and put out any threat to our reign of power. It definitely talks about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The "it" referred to is definitely atomic bombs, considering the song says stuff about shadows being burnt into the pavement.
And Dustin says how this Jingoism and warfare scares him because he wants to see his family live and grow up, and he knows there are other families overseas that feel the same but are facing more direct danger of attack. So he vows not to let this fear turn to panic and then into anger, because that is how wars are started.