RedWingFan wrote:Disagree. Lyrics stating that soldiers have no choice but sign up because there is no employment here at home, is nothing but a slam to the US. It also implies that our soldiers are nothing but talentless, skill-less grunts.
No, YOU have inferred that it implies that about our soldiers. Nothing in the lyrics suggests that. What it does suggest is that it can be tough to find a decent job in some Midwestern towns, as the manufacturing jobs have dried up in many towns. Complete fiction, right?
You're saying there aren't people in this country who sign up for the military because of things like the steady paycheck, the opportunities for education, etc., because there are limited opportunities in their hometowns?
Since this song is so "B.S.-filled," are you also suggesting that the post-traumatic stress syndrome they're referring to in the third verse is just a figment of these guys and girls' imaginations?
So, do tell....what, exactly, about the lyrics in this song are "B.S.-filled?" Mind you, I've never even heard the song, but I do enjoy it when people state their opinion as fact, especially to advance their own political beliefs and biases.
Here are the lyrics:
He grew up in some forgotten Midwest town
His Mama raised him well
Barely getting by but he'd be okay as far as he could tell
The plant in town closed ten years ago
Now an empty ghost ship stands
For the last nine months he's tried to find a job
But there's nothing to be had
So he signs up to fight for Uncle Sam
The only choice he's got
To fight a desert war in another land
Only to find peace or not
He's a moving target in a desperate place
Everyday's a twist of fate
His family wonders if he'll make it home
Knowing his faith's his saving grace
Now he's waking up in a strange land
Face an even stranger day
Brave ones standin' tall
Keep them all out of harms way
So they send him home to his family
Nursing wounds that no one can see
Certain sounds and smells trigger flashback spells
That rewind the tragedy
His memories hold him prisoner cause of the violence he regrets
What was his ticket out is his nightmare now
And a war he can't forget
Now he's waking up in a strange land
Face an even stranger day
Brave ones standing tall
Keep them all out of harms way