I view this song as being more politicaly bassed. this is Rise Against after all. I beleive that this song is bassed off our crashing econimy and how the president is too worried about his war to do anything to fix the problem. i beleive that the vultures symbolize the polititions in office who have been "feeding" on the money of the citizens by giving themselves raises while the public falls further into economic loss. i beleive that the second verse is refuering to the crashing stockmarket and the outrages rise in oil cost which were "red flags" to our government that our econamy is crashing. the red flags that were ignored. the thid verse (
"Don’t fall, I see lights in the distance
They’re not far away
Stand up because the sky is turning gray
There’s hope in these footsteps of persistence
So don’t go astray
These lights get closer everyday"
)symbolizes the 08 election and the hope that our econimy will thrive under new leadership.
I view this song as being more politicaly bassed. this is Rise Against after all. I beleive that this song is bassed off our crashing econimy and how the president is too worried about his war to do anything to fix the problem. i beleive that the vultures symbolize the polititions in office who have been "feeding" on the money of the citizens by giving themselves raises while the public falls further into economic loss. i beleive that the second verse is refuering to the crashing stockmarket and the outrages rise in oil cost which were "red flags" to our government that our econamy is crashing. the red flags that were ignored. the thid verse (
"Don’t fall, I see lights in the distance They’re not far away Stand up because the sky is turning gray
There’s hope in these footsteps of persistence So don’t go astray These lights get closer everyday" )symbolizes the 08 election and the hope that our econimy will thrive under new leadership.