This could be a stretch, but I get the feeling that the "now I've buried all the gold beneath my hide" line could be an oblique reference to The Outsiders, more specifically the line "stay gold, Ponyboy" which has become synonymous with youthful naivite. Maybe the song is about losing one's youthful innocence through the horror of a war injury?
This could be a stretch, but I get the feeling that the "now I've buried all the gold beneath my hide" line could be an oblique reference to The Outsiders, more specifically the line "stay gold, Ponyboy" which has become synonymous with youthful naivite. Maybe the song is about losing one's youthful innocence through the horror of a war injury?