Ok so one of my favorite bands (rise against) who sing an acoustic song named hero of war and I love it and it tells a story. He said "Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
I said "That sounds pretty good."
Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight
A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children, they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends
They took off his clothes
They pissed in his hands
I told them to stop
But then I joined in
We beat him with guns
And batons not just once
But again and again
A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away
The shells jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow
A hero of war
Is that what they see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me
And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it's a flag that I love
It's the only flag I trust
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"
Ok so the title of this song you may think its pro-war bit thats the great thing. Its neither pro nor con. Do at the beginning a boy it young man os talking to his dad and his dad asks him if he wants to join to the army. Saying he will get to see the world and he will get to carry a gun AND get paid for it. Son of course says yes. And near the middle of the song he talks about how they were taught to fight and how he made a bunch of freinds. Then in the middle he says that he took a man from his own house while his children we're still there. Then they peed in his hands and took all his clothes. He yells at them to stop. But then he joins in with them and he beats this man with his gun and batons. Then at the end it gets a bit confusing. A girl walks toward him to stop. He yells at her to stop and she doesn't understand his language most likely and keeps going so he raises his gun and fires. Then he notices that she was carrying a "flag white as snow". Then he says how now he carries that flag. And the chorus he's saying he will be a hero of war. And they will be so damn proud of him. And he will carry this flag to the grave if he must cause its the flag that he trusts.
Now do you see? What war can do to a man? First off he just wants to be a hero and everyone to be proud of him. He goes into war and tho he got his man, everyone began to beat the man and our first person doesn't like it.....then he changes and becomes evil and beats a man with family. Freinds and kids. So then there's an innocent woman with a white flag that he kills tho by accident he did it thru his stupidity and pride and evil. And then we he sees she held a white flag that changes him back and he sings the way chorus again. And this time his flag has changed from his nations to the "flag white as snow"..
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun and you'll even get paid."
I said "That sounds pretty good."
Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looked alright
We marched and we sang
We all became friends
As we learned how to fight
A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
I kicked in the door
I yelled my commands
The children, they cried
But I got my man
We took him away
A bag over his face
From his family and his friends
They took off his clothes
They pissed in his hands
I told them to stop
But then I joined in
We beat him with guns
And batons not just once
But again and again
A hero of war
Yeah that's what I'll be
And when I come home
They'll be damn proud of me
I'll carry this flag
To the grave if I must
Because it's a flag that I love
And a flag that I trust
She walked through bullets and haze
I asked her to stop
I begged her to stay
But she pressed on
So I lifted my gun
And I fired away
The shells jumped through the smoke
And into the sand
That the blood now had soaked
She collapsed with a flag in her hand
A flag white as snow
A hero of war
Is that what they see
Just medals and scars
So damn proud of me
And I brought home that flag
Now it gathers dust
But it's a flag that I love
It's the only flag I trust
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?
Well what would you say, if I said that you could?"
Ok so the title of this song you may think its pro-war bit thats the great thing. Its neither pro nor con. Do at the beginning a boy it young man os talking to his dad and his dad asks him if he wants to join to the army. Saying he will get to see the world and he will get to carry a gun AND get paid for it. Son of course says yes. And near the middle of the song he talks about how they were taught to fight and how he made a bunch of freinds. Then in the middle he says that he took a man from his own house while his children we're still there. Then they peed in his hands and took all his clothes. He yells at them to stop. But then he joins in with them and he beats this man with his gun and batons. Then at the end it gets a bit confusing. A girl walks toward him to stop. He yells at her to stop and she doesn't understand his language most likely and keeps going so he raises his gun and fires. Then he notices that she was carrying a "flag white as snow". Then he says how now he carries that flag. And the chorus he's saying he will be a hero of war. And they will be so damn proud of him. And he will carry this flag to the grave if he must cause its the flag that he trusts.
Now do you see? What war can do to a man? First off he just wants to be a hero and everyone to be proud of him. He goes into war and tho he got his man, everyone began to beat the man and our first person doesn't like it.....then he changes and becomes evil and beats a man with family. Freinds and kids. So then there's an innocent woman with a white flag that he kills tho by accident he did it thru his stupidity and pride and evil. And then we he sees she held a white flag that changes him back and he sings the way chorus again. And this time his flag has changed from his nations to the "flag white as snow"..
