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 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 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
And 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?"
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vocal They have made it again... The lyrics are really sad but they give out a message to all that they should open there eyes just to see how things really works!
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vocal I think perhaps the most moving part of this song is ‘she collapsed with a flag in her hand, a flag white as snow’. The white flag, of course a symbol of surrender, also has a sense of purity and innocence about it. The fact that a woman is carrying the flag further portrays this point, so in a sense, this soldier has not only killed the messenger of peace but peace itself. Quite an emotive song and certainly presents a confronting theme about some aspects of war but more so the sarcastic undertones of the glorification of war by the driving force of soldiers to become heroes.
Though this is certainly not the case for most servicemen, and I think the world would be far more screwed up if intervening forces didn’t fight in given situations, it certainly does make a great and powerful thought provoking song.
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vocal Wow....this song really brings the fact that war is hell into light. My half brother is a marine, so he probably could agree that war is way too glorified.
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vocal Seriously are you people stupid....you had to contemplate whether this song was about war and what soldiers do in war...or not...really... if you did you need to sit down really hard so that maybe your head might be dislodged from your ass.
I think this song is incredible. What I need to know is how did they know how to write with such in-depth experience of the situations they speak of? If anything this song is not so much as an eye opener...if it is then please follow my former instructions with regards to pulling your head out... these things always happen in war. Is it a real shock... that is why we teach history. So lest we forget we are doomed to repeat again and again....it is obvious that a single generation gap is all that is required to forget the horrors of war in America. This generation is shocked by what this war has dealt upon the world and their fellow citizens and innocent people effected by the war... yet ask anyone from the Vietnam era and they will tell you that this is not all the different than the war in south east Asia during the 60's & early 70's. So why do we not teach this next generation the horrors of Vietnam & The War in Iraq? Lets teach them the real horrors of the war and the truth and the ugliness of the war. This way we might be able to break the ugly chain of war that keeps creeping up every second generation or so?
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lyrics submitted on 13-10-2008
