I always thought this song was about the events of September 11th 2001. Which makes the lines "And if your God makes war / Then he's no God I know / 'Cause Christ would not send boys to die"about jihad. I also heart the line "By men with the blackest of minds" as "by the man" representing bin Laden.
Have to disagree - I think he's talking about (allegedly) Christian American leaders sending their boys off to die in the Middle East. Why would jihadists care what Christ thinks?
Have to disagree - I think he's talking about (allegedly) Christian American leaders sending their boys off to die in the Middle East. Why would jihadists care what Christ thinks?
@recklessrachelx Have to disagree also, men with the blackest of minds refers to the senators pushing for wars like Iraq, afghanistan, etc.. the very same senators that are big shareholders and/or ex-CEO's of companies that make military hardware and weapons
@recklessrachelx Have to disagree also, men with the blackest of minds refers to the senators pushing for wars like Iraq, afghanistan, etc.. the very same senators that are big shareholders and/or ex-CEO's of companies that make military hardware and weapons
@recklessrachelx Well, coming from the small town in upstate NY where he recorded and wrote the song, I have to say, I was surprised the story behind the song was not more publicly known as it was up here. A 20 year old boy from up here joined the army after September 11, as many people did feel a patriotic calling to service. He fought in the campaign and went back to Afghanistan after seeing what was happening over there. Back at home his sister was a strong anti-war advocate. There was this split in the town over the...
@recklessrachelx Well, coming from the small town in upstate NY where he recorded and wrote the song, I have to say, I was surprised the story behind the song was not more publicly known as it was up here. A 20 year old boy from up here joined the army after September 11, as many people did feel a patriotic calling to service. He fought in the campaign and went back to Afghanistan after seeing what was happening over there. Back at home his sister was a strong anti-war advocate. There was this split in the town over the two ideologies that ran through the family and the town. He was captured and killed in battle in Afghanistan and later his sister took he life. They were both buried at sea.
I always thought this song was about the events of September 11th 2001. Which makes the lines "And if your God makes war / Then he's no God I know / 'Cause Christ would not send boys to die"about jihad. I also heart the line "By men with the blackest of minds" as "by the man" representing bin Laden.
Have to disagree - I think he's talking about (allegedly) Christian American leaders sending their boys off to die in the Middle East. Why would jihadists care what Christ thinks?
Have to disagree - I think he's talking about (allegedly) Christian American leaders sending their boys off to die in the Middle East. Why would jihadists care what Christ thinks?
@recklessrachelx Have to disagree also, men with the blackest of minds refers to the senators pushing for wars like Iraq, afghanistan, etc.. the very same senators that are big shareholders and/or ex-CEO's of companies that make military hardware and weapons
@recklessrachelx Have to disagree also, men with the blackest of minds refers to the senators pushing for wars like Iraq, afghanistan, etc.. the very same senators that are big shareholders and/or ex-CEO's of companies that make military hardware and weapons
@recklessrachelx Well, coming from the small town in upstate NY where he recorded and wrote the song, I have to say, I was surprised the story behind the song was not more publicly known as it was up here. A 20 year old boy from up here joined the army after September 11, as many people did feel a patriotic calling to service. He fought in the campaign and went back to Afghanistan after seeing what was happening over there. Back at home his sister was a strong anti-war advocate. There was this split in the town over the...
@recklessrachelx Well, coming from the small town in upstate NY where he recorded and wrote the song, I have to say, I was surprised the story behind the song was not more publicly known as it was up here. A 20 year old boy from up here joined the army after September 11, as many people did feel a patriotic calling to service. He fought in the campaign and went back to Afghanistan after seeing what was happening over there. Back at home his sister was a strong anti-war advocate. There was this split in the town over the two ideologies that ran through the family and the town. He was captured and killed in battle in Afghanistan and later his sister took he life. They were both buried at sea.