I agree. while I think the deeper meaning may be something besides war, he is very obviously using a war metaphor. It almost seems like he's using Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or shell shock) as a metaphor for something deeper. "Sick with regret" sounds like someone who may have made choices in the heat of the moment, but later changed their mind, or maybe isn't sure whether they chose correctly. "Life's thrown before your eyes and takes it's toll"--seeing the terror and fragility of life through the lens of war can be very damaging for soldiers. The first few lines...
I agree. while I think the deeper meaning may be something besides war, he is very obviously using a war metaphor. It almost seems like he's using Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or shell shock) as a metaphor for something deeper. "Sick with regret" sounds like someone who may have made choices in the heat of the moment, but later changed their mind, or maybe isn't sure whether they chose correctly. "Life's thrown before your eyes and takes it's toll"--seeing the terror and fragility of life through the lens of war can be very damaging for soldiers. The first few lines seem to be describing someone who uses drugs to escape the negative feelings (possibly PTSD or guilt). In spite of the temporary escape, they feel alone and the irony is, they escape death in the war, at the hands of their enemies, only to "sputter out" (die) at their own hands. This song seems to me to definitely end in a type of suicide, whether literal or figurative. Overall, it is very depressing. But sometimes it's good to have songs like that because people can experience the relief of suffering through the music and not by actually harming themselves.
i'm almost positive this song is about war.
but that's all i can get out of it. nothing more specific
I agree. while I think the deeper meaning may be something besides war, he is very obviously using a war metaphor. It almost seems like he's using Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or shell shock) as a metaphor for something deeper. "Sick with regret" sounds like someone who may have made choices in the heat of the moment, but later changed their mind, or maybe isn't sure whether they chose correctly. "Life's thrown before your eyes and takes it's toll"--seeing the terror and fragility of life through the lens of war can be very damaging for soldiers. The first few lines...
I agree. while I think the deeper meaning may be something besides war, he is very obviously using a war metaphor. It almost seems like he's using Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or shell shock) as a metaphor for something deeper. "Sick with regret" sounds like someone who may have made choices in the heat of the moment, but later changed their mind, or maybe isn't sure whether they chose correctly. "Life's thrown before your eyes and takes it's toll"--seeing the terror and fragility of life through the lens of war can be very damaging for soldiers. The first few lines seem to be describing someone who uses drugs to escape the negative feelings (possibly PTSD or guilt). In spite of the temporary escape, they feel alone and the irony is, they escape death in the war, at the hands of their enemies, only to "sputter out" (die) at their own hands. This song seems to me to definitely end in a type of suicide, whether literal or figurative. Overall, it is very depressing. But sometimes it's good to have songs like that because people can experience the relief of suffering through the music and not by actually harming themselves.