I definitely see the reference to school shootings, but it only seems to really point to that in the last few stanzas of the song...the entire rest of the song though really looks like it's about Iraq. Phrases such as "brothers in arms", "i'm just doing what i'm told" "stay the course", "ill take your life that others may live" seem to link to the Iraq war and don't make sense in relationship to school shootings. But that's good input Master.
I definitely see the reference to school shootings, but it only seems to really point to that in the last few stanzas of the song...the entire rest of the song though really looks like it's about Iraq. Phrases such as "brothers in arms", "i'm just doing what i'm told" "stay the course", "ill take your life that others may live" seem to link to the Iraq war and don't make sense in relationship to school shootings. But that's good input Master.