Lyric discussion by CuteSparkina 

Cover art for Sweet Bird of Truth lyrics by The, The

Oooops, Typo. Plus, wanted to add something.

War. Matthew J is singing about war. Pure and simple. A fighter pilot in the middle east realizing how just plain STUPID and pointless war is. That "Arabia, Arabia," chant kinda makes me think, by the way, IF maybe Mr. Johnson was musically inspired by a certain angel-faced and angel-voiced gentleman from Brixton