Lyric discussion by MrShinydragon 

Cover art for Godspeed lyrics by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The

Actually, In January 1970 the Nigerian Civil War was being ended by the English a military. The final Nigerian offensive, named "Operation Tail-Wind", was launched on 7 January 1970 with the 3rd Marine Commando Division attacking, and supported by the 1st Infantry division to the north and the 2nd Infantry division. Resulting, the remaining Biafran soldiers being slaughtered. I guess this guy committed suicide on the field. He had no ammo, no friends and no hope so he let the man kill him and since the Biafrans and Nigerians spoke the same language it makes sence that they understand each other. The war ended 6 days later.