“Sliver” is the introduction of the soldier into the environment of soldierdom. It’s time to grow up and let go of your childhood experiences and move into the world arena. They use the phrase, “welcome to the show” — they call warfare “the show” — and that’s one of the main lyric lines of the song. These lines were all taken from interviews and are the way people talk about it — “This shit’s for real, this isn’t some easy, make believe situation…” As per Geoff Tate on www.queensryche.com
“Sliver” is the introduction of the soldier into the environment of soldierdom. It’s time to grow up and let go of your childhood experiences and move into the world arena. They use the phrase, “welcome to the show” — they call warfare “the show” — and that’s one of the main lyric lines of the song. These lines were all taken from interviews and are the way people talk about it — “This shit’s for real, this isn’t some easy, make believe situation…” As per Geoff Tate on www.queensryche.com