This song is pretty incredible. It's about the anonymity of war. Don't get me wrong, i believe we should fight for what we have and for what we believe in, but war itself is an ugly business, which is what this song is mostly about. I think these guys hit it on the nose.
"Last night i woke alone with a whisper in my ear
Recanting all my aspirations and my fears
And when the sun came up that voice had disappeared
But it would linger on for years
It said "We can't just blame it on our mothers,
Claim everything they did was always wrong"
And there ain't no turning back when our train is off its track
And there's nothing we can do but watch it crash (watch it crash)
And there ain't no right or wrong when we know it won't be long
And there's nothing we can do but watch it crash
So mercy, mercy, mercy me
Praying for the death of a man i'll never meet
Though everyone will know the truth they'll still just make believe
Mercy, mercy me
That's all they came for, that's all they took
That's all we had to offer, only dirty looks
And when they realized we'd given all we could,
that's when they finally understood
Mercy, mercy, mercy me
Haunted by the memories of things we'll never see
Guilty for the statements that we'll never speak
Mercy, Mercy me"
Like i said, i'm all for protecting the country, but what gets me is how leaders can just create horrible plans (like obama's afghanistan plan) and then just tell our boys to hop to it. The troops end up on a suicide mission, and the fat-cats just shrug and send in more. That's what sickens me about war.
