This song is kind of an epitaph... the "singer" is a soldier who has died/is dying, and is praising his comrades, but condemning the situation that they're in.
The message if the song is that it's good to be brothers in arms... but better not to have to be, because all men are brothers, and "we're fools to make war on our brothers."
"It's written in the starlight" - we're all made of star stuff.
"And the line on your palm" - which all humans have.
This song is kind of an epitaph... the "singer" is a soldier who has died/is dying, and is praising his comrades, but condemning the situation that they're in.
The message if the song is that it's good to be brothers in arms... but better not to have to be, because all men are brothers, and "we're fools to make war on our brothers."
"It's written in the starlight" - we're all made of star stuff. "And the line on your palm" - which all humans have.