I remember reading an interview once where Tim Wheeler said this song recounted his experiences growing up with the violence that was consuming Ireland at the time.
The lyrics depict a scared kid caught up in that political violence -- maybe they were coming for his parents, maybe they were just rounding people up in general, maybe it was a case of mistaken identity.
Either way, Wheeler is from Northern Ireland and grew up at a time when the violence was very much a real thing, and both sides were taking political prisoners and killing each other off.
I remember reading an interview once where Tim Wheeler said this song recounted his experiences growing up with the violence that was consuming Ireland at the time.
The lyrics depict a scared kid caught up in that political violence -- maybe they were coming for his parents, maybe they were just rounding people up in general, maybe it was a case of mistaken identity.
Either way, Wheeler is from Northern Ireland and grew up at a time when the violence was very much a real thing, and both sides were taking political prisoners and killing each other off.