Don't Know When but a Day Is Gonna Come Lyrics

Lyric discussion by b-rad 

Cover art for Don't Know When but a Day Is Gonna Come lyrics by Bright Eyes

Now men with purple hearts carry silver guns and they'll kill a man for what his father's done But what my father did, no, it don't mean shit, I'm not him

wow...thats amazing! He grew up a catholic so is this song just questioning religion and everything he learned as a kid??