This feels like a counterpart to Iron to me. That song is about a soldier broken and muted by the horrors of war and the deeds he's done, this feels like that same person returning home and slowly coming back into himself with help from a loved one. Excellent songs, whether they bear a relation to each other or not.
This feels like a counterpart to Iron to me. That song is about a soldier broken and muted by the horrors of war and the deeds he's done, this feels like that same person returning home and slowly coming back into himself with help from a loved one. Excellent songs, whether they bear a relation to each other or not.
Remember that his album is a complete story overall
Remember that his album is a complete story overall
"Most of my sweet memories were buried in the sand
"Most of my sweet memories were buried in the sand
The fire and the pain will now be coming to an end"
The fire and the pain will now be coming to an end"
He's probably the soldier from "Iron" who then found this new love who...
He's probably the soldier from "Iron" who then found this new love who...
"...washed away the mud stuck on my hands
"...washed away the mud stuck on my hands
All the things you're trying to do make me a better man"
All the things you're trying to do make me a better man"
Trying to overcome the stuff he saw/did/felt in some kind of "war"?
Trying to overcome the stuff he saw/did/felt in some kind of "war"?
So yeah, you are right.
So yeah, you are right.