"and one hell of a song too"

"Presumably referring to Vietnam (M16's) but applicable to any soldiers anywhere. Very moving"

"It becomes a lot easier when they provide the date in the song :)"

"This is indeed about Iraq"

"The intro to this song is absolutely fierce"

"Talvisota actually means "Winter War" in Finnish

Its worth noting that while the Soviets suffered great losses, the Finn's were still forced to surrender, though they gave up much less than had been feared.
Britain had plans to interfere, which would have brought them into war with the Soviet Union"

"It received that nickname since most of the time, neither the German nor Allied HQ's knew where they were "

"This is about the battle of Kursk specifically.

"break the citadel". The attack at Kursk was "operation Zitadelle" in German."

"Not to mention that Polish troops fought under British (and later Soviet) flags to defeat the nazi's after their country fell. "

"For me, its about sometimes just letting go of things around you, and focus on yourself instead."

"I love the intro sequence"

"This song always makes me sad."

"Atari is blissfully simple. Great music to bounce around to when you are drunk"

"Maybe you people should go read the history books a little. Read about Korea, Vietnam, world war 2, world war 1 or just about any other war.

The afghan or american people are no more the blame and no more evil, than the french or german people were in world war 1.

Wars are created by leaders. The people follow and the people is what bleeds in the trenches. Not the leaders.

Innocense is the first casualty of war"

"This song was the one that convinced me Silverchair was a meaningfull band :)

And its a great song"

"This song is from Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat, but Slipknot rewrote the lyrics from the original song so it wouldnt be about an RPG anymore.

The "only one of us walks away" part is unchanged though"

"Why is it that you always have to either completely worship a band, or utterly hate it ?

I like slipknot for moments of fierce aggresion and for the pent up rage they emit.

I also like that some of their lyrics are in fact quite great and they have a lot of innovative things to their music

I think their whole image thing they have going is ridiculous and dumb and I also think that some of their lyrics are nothing beyond meaningless frustration.

So there... I like parts and I dislike parts.

Am I a true slipknot fan ?
I dont know if I am.
And frankly.. I dont care. I appreciate their music and enjoy listening to it.

Bite me if im wrong"

"Waster is right, and so is Streea.

The intention of the song is that its a letter froma father to his son he have never seen, given to him at the time of the sons first change.

Its about the Werewolf : The Apocalypse game"

"It is about the umbra in WtA (Werewolf the Apocalypse)

In the game, Its the spirit world that overlies mundane reality, which the werewolves can enter to rest, seek answers and search for solutions that cannot be found in the real world."

"Like the song "slipknot" this song is about the roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse

For those who are familiar with the game.. it seems to hint at an embraced werewolf. A so called abomination.

My guess anyway."

"So as I write to you, yeah
What is dawning to do, yeah?
Maybe you'll understand
And won't cry for this man
'cause low man is due
Please forgive me
Please forgive me


to me..it sounds like he sings "what is done and to do" instead of dawning. Which makes more sense..particularly with the suicide theme.

But I could be wrong, english is not my second language after all :)"

"To me, its about hitting buttom of society and of yourself.

The realization of what you have fallen to, and the desire to end it. "

"This song is downright awesome. It rocks and the lyrics are good.

From what i read somewhere, it was about the communist-hunts (witchhunts almost) in the US during the cold war.

But the theme and song is valid to this day"

"Assuming its about touring is obvious and might very well be true, though, as so many Metallica songs, it can be used to symbolize other things as well, like a nomadic life, as a song about not letting yourself be tied / pinned down etc.

Thats the great part abuot Metallica. Their songs have wide appeal and you can often find a personal meaning"

"Blitzkrieg is the art of warfare where you attack rapidly, penetrating the enemy lines and crushing his armies before he can react, hitting him with both tanks and aircraft, leaving the slowmoving infantry to mop up the remains

-history buff"