Sorry to say but I think most of you are wrong. Cornell is not religious and would never write a song abou christ. MLK is a possibility because of his activism but I don't think that's really it. I think the songs more about the communist revolutionary Che Guevera who helped the Castro's rise to power in Cuba. The rest of the band being of rage against the machine had many strong opinions, and I've heard this is one of the subjects there opinions focus on. The part in the song "Suddenly a shot ripped into his heart" is referring to the fact that Che was executed by gunshot by a Bolivian soldier, mainly to make it look like he was not executed but killed in battle. The soldier was ordered to aim for the heart, hence the phrase in the lyrics. It also mentions his last words which though were "set this fucker off" they were encouraging revolution. Also in his book Guerilla Warfare he spoke about the spark required in a revolution. He is considered a martyr for he was fighting for what he believed in and was rejected for such. The U.S. dislike him and said he brought revolution at gunpoint, but they forget that is also how America gained it's freedom. The anti-government philosophy in rage against the machine also helped contribute to the picking of Guevera.
So that may be it, if you have other info comment and tell me
Sorry to say but I think most of you are wrong. Cornell is not religious and would never write a song abou christ. MLK is a possibility because of his activism but I don't think that's really it. I think the songs more about the communist revolutionary Che Guevera who helped the Castro's rise to power in Cuba. The rest of the band being of rage against the machine had many strong opinions, and I've heard this is one of the subjects there opinions focus on. The part in the song "Suddenly a shot ripped into his heart" is referring to the fact that Che was executed by gunshot by a Bolivian soldier, mainly to make it look like he was not executed but killed in battle. The soldier was ordered to aim for the heart, hence the phrase in the lyrics. It also mentions his last words which though were "set this fucker off" they were encouraging revolution. Also in his book Guerilla Warfare he spoke about the spark required in a revolution. He is considered a martyr for he was fighting for what he believed in and was rejected for such. The U.S. dislike him and said he brought revolution at gunpoint, but they forget that is also how America gained it's freedom. The anti-government philosophy in rage against the machine also helped contribute to the picking of Guevera. So that may be it, if you have other info comment and tell me
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