I think this is a political commentary. "The big guns have spoken / And we've fallen for the ruse" sounds to me like a reference to the Iraq war (i.e. the gov't has told us how things are and we've believed them, even though they weren't entirely honest).
Also, the couplet about the home of the brave and the land of the free seems to point to this as well.
I think this is a political commentary. "The big guns have spoken / And we've fallen for the ruse" sounds to me like a reference to the Iraq war (i.e. the gov't has told us how things are and we've believed them, even though they weren't entirely honest).
Also, the couplet about the home of the brave and the land of the free seems to point to this as well.