It's about a young man going to war. Initially he is restless and eager for glory, but he quickly realises the folly of war, becoming a cynical 'barnacled warship'. I think the chorus is about him feeling isolated from society when he returns from war, hence he has to eat on the 'doorsteps' of his previous countrymen.
It's about a young man going to war. Initially he is restless and eager for glory, but he quickly realises the folly of war, becoming a cynical 'barnacled warship'. I think the chorus is about him feeling isolated from society when he returns from war, hence he has to eat on the 'doorsteps' of his previous countrymen.
I felt the same, only instead of fighting a literal war, I took the war to be love instead (love is a battlefield and all that)
I felt the same, only instead of fighting a literal war, I took the war to be love instead (love is a battlefield and all that)
Agreed, or at least some metaphorical warfare, rather than, at least necessarily, a literal one.
Agreed, or at least some metaphorical warfare, rather than, at least necessarily, a literal one.