Might be about music industry (again)? "Now they decide who lives and dies", and of course musicians are artists. "Someone's shot him down, left him without his soul. His body's laid to rest and underground he'll stay, with hopes to resurrect and live again another day. His peers won't come around, they're too disgraced to face another soldier down, his life's work a waste." It would make sense.
Might be about music industry (again)? "Now they decide who lives and dies", and of course musicians are artists. "Someone's shot him down, left him without his soul. His body's laid to rest and underground he'll stay, with hopes to resurrect and live again another day. His peers won't come around, they're too disgraced to face another soldier down, his life's work a waste." It would make sense.