This song doesn't fit in "Picaresque" at all. I'm not a huge fan of it. It seems to be just an anti-war song to me. Maybe there's more to it, but I don't think it's by any means one of the Decemberists' deeper songs.
I think it is one of they're deeper songs. It's not just "oh, lets not have wars!" it's saying what EFFECT war has on people. The 16 military wives and the wrinkly fingers are the children and the wives of the people going off to war. But not only that, this song is pointing out that America (the government, or corporations or whoever) don't care about the people. They don't think before they act. And this is reflecting on our children.
I think it is one of they're deeper songs. It's not just "oh, lets not have wars!" it's saying what EFFECT war has on people. The 16 military wives and the wrinkly fingers are the children and the wives of the people going off to war. But not only that, this song is pointing out that America (the government, or corporations or whoever) don't care about the people. They don't think before they act. And this is reflecting on our children.
This song doesn't fit in "Picaresque" at all. I'm not a huge fan of it. It seems to be just an anti-war song to me. Maybe there's more to it, but I don't think it's by any means one of the Decemberists' deeper songs.
I think it is one of they're deeper songs. It's not just "oh, lets not have wars!" it's saying what EFFECT war has on people. The 16 military wives and the wrinkly fingers are the children and the wives of the people going off to war. But not only that, this song is pointing out that America (the government, or corporations or whoever) don't care about the people. They don't think before they act. And this is reflecting on our children.
I think it is one of they're deeper songs. It's not just "oh, lets not have wars!" it's saying what EFFECT war has on people. The 16 military wives and the wrinkly fingers are the children and the wives of the people going off to war. But not only that, this song is pointing out that America (the government, or corporations or whoever) don't care about the people. They don't think before they act. And this is reflecting on our children.