When I listen to this song, I think of the Seven Samurai. In the beginning, the seven of them were hired by a warlord to fight a battle, though they didn't want to because they felt their was no honor in joining with him. In the beginning of the song, all seven of them are fighting against their lord's enemies. When the song gets to the middle, after the second chorus, the battle is quickly reaching its climax, and the samurai's side is winning, but their lives are lost as a result, or so they thought. When the song starts to get slow, the samurai are all lying unconscious.
They soon wake up, but are wounded, and are looking around at the battlefield, at all of the bodies lying there. Seeing as they have no more meaning to be on the battlefield, they start to walk off, but can't as they are so wounded. They collaspe near a village, where they are healed and are treated kindly by the villagers. But soon they hear that their former warlord plans to attack the village. The seven samurai fight once more against the warlord, and succeed in destroying him and their army. However, they all lose their lives once more. They are remembered by the villagers for their sacrifice.
To me, this song talks about the government feels soldiers lives are expendable, and that they quickly be replaced. The line 'you will lose so much more' proves that. The government wins the war, but they lost so many of their troops' lives. But the soldiers don't care about this, because they are fighting to protect something that is very dear to them, but the government fails to see this.
Yeah, feel free to agree or disagree. Just wanted to put my opinion in.
When I listen to this song, I think of the Seven Samurai. In the beginning, the seven of them were hired by a warlord to fight a battle, though they didn't want to because they felt their was no honor in joining with him. In the beginning of the song, all seven of them are fighting against their lord's enemies. When the song gets to the middle, after the second chorus, the battle is quickly reaching its climax, and the samurai's side is winning, but their lives are lost as a result, or so they thought. When the song starts to get slow, the samurai are all lying unconscious.
They soon wake up, but are wounded, and are looking around at the battlefield, at all of the bodies lying there. Seeing as they have no more meaning to be on the battlefield, they start to walk off, but can't as they are so wounded. They collaspe near a village, where they are healed and are treated kindly by the villagers. But soon they hear that their former warlord plans to attack the village. The seven samurai fight once more against the warlord, and succeed in destroying him and their army. However, they all lose their lives once more. They are remembered by the villagers for their sacrifice.
To me, this song talks about the government feels soldiers lives are expendable, and that they quickly be replaced. The line 'you will lose so much more' proves that. The government wins the war, but they lost so many of their troops' lives. But the soldiers don't care about this, because they are fighting to protect something that is very dear to them, but the government fails to see this.
Yeah, feel free to agree or disagree. Just wanted to put my opinion in.