it is about a soldier and post traumatic stress disorder. That is has returned home and can't deal with what they were part of (the death, the war, the loss of life etc.)
it is about a president who has unleashed war on a nation (that only problem is that the "machine" is typically referring to government itself ... so maybe a idealistic president?)
telling us (the general public) to not just dismiss war, the death etc. and to open our eyes to the situation. We should not be naive (ignorant) to the real costs of war, and instead of feeling safe being part of the machine we need to wake up ... even if that means we can't sleep, we should be upset etc. because until society is no longer apathetic to war, we can not make a change. i.e. make the change inside each of us first before we can really achieve "peace".
Three lines of thought for me:
it is about a soldier and post traumatic stress disorder. That is has returned home and can't deal with what they were part of (the death, the war, the loss of life etc.)
it is about a president who has unleashed war on a nation (that only problem is that the "machine" is typically referring to government itself ... so maybe a idealistic president?)
telling us (the general public) to not just dismiss war, the death etc. and to open our eyes to the situation. We should not be naive (ignorant) to the real costs of war, and instead of feeling safe being part of the machine we need to wake up ... even if that means we can't sleep, we should be upset etc. because until society is no longer apathetic to war, we can not make a change. i.e. make the change inside each of us first before we can really achieve "peace".