The song seems to be about someone who has lost an arm in a war. He is asking if it was worth it. He wonders where it got off to, if it might be with his brother who is dead from the same conflict.
Not sure who the Bella is, but maybe further listening to the album might merit an answer. The album seems to be of a concept, linked by repetition of musical themes. I can only assume this is a loved one, left behind when he went to war.
He extends this metaphor into the next verse to ask if it was worth the loss of birds, their song, and their wings, to mirror the loss of his own arm.
The mention of saluting from the lost arm makes the song an anti-patrotism song. It asks the question of whether that devotion is worth the loss it brings.
The song seems to be about someone who has lost an arm in a war. He is asking if it was worth it. He wonders where it got off to, if it might be with his brother who is dead from the same conflict.
Not sure who the Bella is, but maybe further listening to the album might merit an answer. The album seems to be of a concept, linked by repetition of musical themes. I can only assume this is a loved one, left behind when he went to war.
He extends this metaphor into the next verse to ask if it was worth the loss of birds, their song, and their wings, to mirror the loss of his own arm.
The mention of saluting from the lost arm makes the song an anti-patrotism song. It asks the question of whether that devotion is worth the loss it brings.