Maybe one of the better on the mediocre album. I see it as being about how our nation (US) is seeing a decline and sacrafice in personal freedoms and privacy all the name of "security". Which, many see as the biggining phases of a police-state or dictatorship. The referrences to walls being built and watchtowers point to this. The sword is a referrece to living by predetermined tradition, and being given no obvious chance of change. The narrorator has faith that the "children" - the youth, can and will find independence and fight "these hands" the ones who hold the sword, afterwards honoring those who have died unjustly. The bridge is basically saying that we've seen and are continuing to see where things are heading, the people aren't going to forgive or forget, and they are perhaps ready to cut free their attachment to a system that doesn't care about them. Just my take.
Maybe one of the better on the mediocre album. I see it as being about how our nation (US) is seeing a decline and sacrafice in personal freedoms and privacy all the name of "security". Which, many see as the biggining phases of a police-state or dictatorship. The referrences to walls being built and watchtowers point to this. The sword is a referrece to living by predetermined tradition, and being given no obvious chance of change. The narrorator has faith that the "children" - the youth, can and will find independence and fight "these hands" the ones who hold the sword, afterwards honoring those who have died unjustly. The bridge is basically saying that we've seen and are continuing to see where things are heading, the people aren't going to forgive or forget, and they are perhaps ready to cut free their attachment to a system that doesn't care about them. Just my take.
Notice how he pronounces flag like flayg. Haha.