Quite straightforward I think. He's talking about a young lad who went to war and didn't come back, sarcastically saying "don't worry that your life has gone to shit, you're a hero of war".
He no longer has his girlfriend (the whore) and he's followed in his Dad's path by dying in battle. He's left his mother for a gun and this decision has left his mother in more pain. He's caused her more pain despite her going through childbirth for him. The songs sniping at him 'don't worry about all of that though, you're still in the paper, you're still a hero'. Is it worth it?
Quite straightforward I think. He's talking about a young lad who went to war and didn't come back, sarcastically saying "don't worry that your life has gone to shit, you're a hero of war".
He no longer has his girlfriend (the whore) and he's followed in his Dad's path by dying in battle. He's left his mother for a gun and this decision has left his mother in more pain. He's caused her more pain despite her going through childbirth for him. The songs sniping at him 'don't worry about all of that though, you're still in the paper, you're still a hero'. Is it worth it?