If by "missing a part of himself" you mean literally missing a limb, you'd be correct.
The song is about young soldiers missing out on the things that normal kids get to experience. Being denied certain rites of passage. Like dancing, partying, and young love. There's none of that in "the desert" (the war zone). It's saying, "doesn't everyone deserve these things?"
The "amputations" part is quite literal though. Instead of experiencing those special things, the kids go to war and some come back with no legs, or no arms, or both. A pretty rough deal.
The last part just touches on the self-perpetuating nature or war.
If by "missing a part of himself" you mean literally missing a limb, you'd be correct.
The song is about young soldiers missing out on the things that normal kids get to experience. Being denied certain rites of passage. Like dancing, partying, and young love. There's none of that in "the desert" (the war zone). It's saying, "doesn't everyone deserve these things?"
The "amputations" part is quite literal though. Instead of experiencing those special things, the kids go to war and some come back with no legs, or no arms, or both. A pretty rough deal.
The last part just touches on the self-perpetuating nature or war.