I think this is describing Nazi/enemy pilots post war.
Verse 1: In jail, with the same regrets as any other man put in jail. He is seen as an animal, a villain, a waste of a human. ("fucking conscience is siding with the wrong side") Because he was on the losing side of the war all of his actions are wrong.
Chorus: Remembering war. Enemy and allied pilots falling through the clouds to their deaths. The child could either be a child now let fatherless due to the war, a child brought up during the war and the vast varieties of machinery developed during that time, or both.
Verse 2: I can only imagine his thoughts. "Really? You're shitting on my car. My car!? I used to fly higher and faster than any of you! I should be your king!" He definitely feels that he is too superior for a mundane lifestyle. He was once a great pilot during the war. But it just comes back to him being a villain, a substandard human because he sided with the wrong force. He "pissed on a prize". He is preoccupied with flying again.
Last verse: He picks up his life and leaves on a plane. It doesn’t matter who he is, what he’s done, he is back in his element and about to make a new beginning for himself. Whether or not he is piloting said plane is unknown, but he is doing the one thing he has always loved - flying.
I think this is describing Nazi/enemy pilots post war.
Verse 1: In jail, with the same regrets as any other man put in jail. He is seen as an animal, a villain, a waste of a human. ("fucking conscience is siding with the wrong side") Because he was on the losing side of the war all of his actions are wrong.
Chorus: Remembering war. Enemy and allied pilots falling through the clouds to their deaths. The child could either be a child now let fatherless due to the war, a child brought up during the war and the vast varieties of machinery developed during that time, or both.
Verse 2: I can only imagine his thoughts. "Really? You're shitting on my car. My car!? I used to fly higher and faster than any of you! I should be your king!" He definitely feels that he is too superior for a mundane lifestyle. He was once a great pilot during the war. But it just comes back to him being a villain, a substandard human because he sided with the wrong force. He "pissed on a prize". He is preoccupied with flying again.
Last verse: He picks up his life and leaves on a plane. It doesn’t matter who he is, what he’s done, he is back in his element and about to make a new beginning for himself. Whether or not he is piloting said plane is unknown, but he is doing the one thing he has always loved - flying.