"You know we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock "My God, my God–" I said to myself. "It's the Children's Crusade." "
-Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
I see this song as a comment on war...the "oh Christ, I am" is similar to the quote above, and the comment about being a hundred thousand miles away can relate to this as well. "Children lose their minds" and "abandoned by your mother" imply war fought by children. Something to think about.
"You know we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock "My God, my God–" I said to myself. "It's the Children's Crusade." " -Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
I see this song as a comment on war...the "oh Christ, I am" is similar to the quote above, and the comment about being a hundred thousand miles away can relate to this as well. "Children lose their minds" and "abandoned by your mother" imply war fought by children. Something to think about.