I believe that the song might talk about a soldier who is comaparing himself with D'artagnan. And when it says "well, i don't know how else to say it in a different way, why don't you just fade away...'cause there's a battle going on down south of babylon...so why don't you just fade away" He might be talking about the fear of going to the battle field, like he wants to be as good as d'artagnan or better than him, and maybe that's why it says "well, i'm building this levee by the mississippi before i die in an unmarked grave" (because d'artagnan died in an unmarked grave) and this soldier might want to be recognised as the faithful soldier he is.
what do u think?
I believe that the song might talk about a soldier who is comaparing himself with D'artagnan. And when it says "well, i don't know how else to say it in a different way, why don't you just fade away...'cause there's a battle going on down south of babylon...so why don't you just fade away" He might be talking about the fear of going to the battle field, like he wants to be as good as d'artagnan or better than him, and maybe that's why it says "well, i'm building this levee by the mississippi before i die in an unmarked grave" (because d'artagnan died in an unmarked grave) and this soldier might want to be recognised as the faithful soldier he is. what do u think?