I was following the...
What do soldiers do? They follow. Who do they follow? The singer doesn't know until he sees the Pack, a troop of soldiers.
all swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
Uniforms. Why does that keep their "little heads" (not so smart, going off to war because it's what the Pack does) from falling in the snow? Not sure, and it may just be a convenient rhyme.
So poor Michael gets shot, "there you go". Michael's blood turns the white snow red. This line always makes me think of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, with all that snow, and all that blood.
I was following the... What do soldiers do? They follow. Who do they follow? The singer doesn't know until he sees the Pack, a troop of soldiers.
all swallowed in their coats With scarves of red tied 'round their throats Uniforms. Why does that keep their "little heads" (not so smart, going off to war because it's what the Pack does) from falling in the snow? Not sure, and it may just be a convenient rhyme.
So poor Michael gets shot, "there you go". Michael's blood turns the white snow red. This line always makes me think of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, with all that snow, and all that blood.