I had a couple slightly different interpretations of the song than what I've seen so far... First, a slightly religious tone(from a basic knowledge of the Christian Bible...):
I thought that 'golden boys' was a reference to how some Roman soldiers wore gold-colored armor, (or at least a gold-looking bronze...) thus 'you got your war toys' would be a reference to the Roman military... Also, I think that the lines about millions of boys staying dead was talking about how tons of babies were killed when the Romans had heard that baby Jesus was born, or something like that. Thus, 'millions of boys stay dead' could be talking about how Jesus came back in the bible, whereas the millions of [other] lives sacrificed in the name of religion won't be coming back.
The bit about rock n roll could be referencing another event from the Bible, where Mary gets guards to roll the stone from the place where Jesus' body was contained...
Or, if you consider the fact that NOFX isn't exactly your most religious band, then that first bit, after the intro seems like a clever allusion, using 'Mother Mary' as the mother of a soldier... Then, if you think of the soldier as a medic, he logically would heal people, and the letter that said 'you could make yourself feel better' was probably an army recruitment letter.
i think your ideas are really interesting and my opinion is that this song is questioning jesus to be send by god, because there was so much suffering becuase of him that it wouldnt make sense that he was send by god.
i think your ideas are really interesting and my opinion is that this song is questioning jesus to be send by god, because there was so much suffering becuase of him that it wouldnt make sense that he was send by god.
I had a couple slightly different interpretations of the song than what I've seen so far... First, a slightly religious tone(from a basic knowledge of the Christian Bible...): I thought that 'golden boys' was a reference to how some Roman soldiers wore gold-colored armor, (or at least a gold-looking bronze...) thus 'you got your war toys' would be a reference to the Roman military... Also, I think that the lines about millions of boys staying dead was talking about how tons of babies were killed when the Romans had heard that baby Jesus was born, or something like that. Thus, 'millions of boys stay dead' could be talking about how Jesus came back in the bible, whereas the millions of [other] lives sacrificed in the name of religion won't be coming back. The bit about rock n roll could be referencing another event from the Bible, where Mary gets guards to roll the stone from the place where Jesus' body was contained...
Or, if you consider the fact that NOFX isn't exactly your most religious band, then that first bit, after the intro seems like a clever allusion, using 'Mother Mary' as the mother of a soldier... Then, if you think of the soldier as a medic, he logically would heal people, and the letter that said 'you could make yourself feel better' was probably an army recruitment letter.
i think your ideas are really interesting and my opinion is that this song is questioning jesus to be send by god, because there was so much suffering becuase of him that it wouldnt make sense that he was send by god.
i think your ideas are really interesting and my opinion is that this song is questioning jesus to be send by god, because there was so much suffering becuase of him that it wouldnt make sense that he was send by god.