This is almost definitely about the wars in the Middle East, and each verse represents an evolving view of the war as time progresses.
The first verse is America's initial reaction. 9/11 hurt us at our height, and got our blood boiling. We wanted to go take out the devil in the Middle east.
"and the years do go"
The second verse is a few years into the war when we realized we had entered into the Iraq War under false pretenses, and that it was going to be a lot longer and messier than we ever expected. But "ignorance is bliss" and we just "stayed the course". Meanwhile men were dying by the thousands.
"and the years do go"
The third verse is sort of a warning. This war is dragging on and on interminably. It is nothing but destruction now and if we keep it up we will lose everything.
This is almost definitely about the wars in the Middle East, and each verse represents an evolving view of the war as time progresses.
The first verse is America's initial reaction. 9/11 hurt us at our height, and got our blood boiling. We wanted to go take out the devil in the Middle east.
"and the years do go"
The second verse is a few years into the war when we realized we had entered into the Iraq War under false pretenses, and that it was going to be a lot longer and messier than we ever expected. But "ignorance is bliss" and we just "stayed the course". Meanwhile men were dying by the thousands.
"and the years do go"
The third verse is sort of a warning. This war is dragging on and on interminably. It is nothing but destruction now and if we keep it up we will lose everything.