Fifty on Our Foreheads Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MisterMarcus 

Cover art for Fifty on Our Foreheads lyrics by White Lies

I read a quote from Charles somewhere that this was a sort of Ender's Game analogy. Young children being sent off on some secret outer space mission, with adults taking advantage of their youth and innocence.

So I think the lyrics are meant to be taken fairly literally, not as a metaphor for love or whatever....