Gratisfaction Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AliasAnonAgain 

Cover art for Gratisfaction lyrics by Strokes, The

This is the lyric above: "He said the soldier is an assistant, they line up for the 50th of May."

well this is what I hear:

"He said the soldier is a necessity, in light of all the failures of man."

this to me makes a lot more sense to me...