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I've been hit! Oh My God! Oh My God!
The ground burst and cold soaks my shirt. Send word!
The clarit river forms at my boots
With a flash and rain of dirt
I've been met for the hundredth time
Call the medic. This wounds meant to cripple! RUN!
The red crest on his head
And a choice off his lips
He sat never once phased. He,
While I'm open and spilling!
Am I a sheep for the slaughter?
Am I JUST a sheep for the slaughter?
No no, please no, help me!
Oh Death, must you reap one more?
Medic! I've been hit! Oh my God! Oh my God!
The ground burst and cold soaks my shirt. Send word!
The clarit river forms and pools over my head
And for a moment I'm submerged in the lake,
And a sparks birth could not be heard.
All night the thunder of war raged
And it finally seemed as if I had met the eye.
With fights more lost than won I walk away with one trophy
A thousand scars on my own chest
Only to realize nowhere else was I hit.
But then with your grip gloved by mercy
I was wrenched back to the storm!
Lay dead or charge the line! Another patch wont do!
Cut it from my chest, and begin this run.
The ground burst and cold soaks my shirt. Send word!
The clarit river forms at my boots
With a flash and rain of dirt
I've been met for the hundredth time
Call the medic. This wounds meant to cripple! RUN!
The red crest on his head
And a choice off his lips
He sat never once phased. He,
While I'm open and spilling!
Am I a sheep for the slaughter?
Am I JUST a sheep for the slaughter?
No no, please no, help me!
Oh Death, must you reap one more?
Medic! I've been hit! Oh my God! Oh my God!
The ground burst and cold soaks my shirt. Send word!
The clarit river forms and pools over my head
And for a moment I'm submerged in the lake,
And a sparks birth could not be heard.
All night the thunder of war raged
And it finally seemed as if I had met the eye.
With fights more lost than won I walk away with one trophy
A thousand scars on my own chest
Only to realize nowhere else was I hit.
But then with your grip gloved by mercy
I was wrenched back to the storm!
Lay dead or charge the line! Another patch wont do!
Cut it from my chest, and begin this run.
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By spark does he mean an ember coming to life from a burning fire? Or does it have some religious significance?
Otherwise, I think theBush hit it right on the head. This soldier has been hit and lays "open and spilling" screaming for help. The medic (the red-crested figure) sits indifferent to his cries. Could this be God giving the soldier a lesson? Through great pain and perseverance you will find God, not by having every wound attended to and cared for. All the soldier's scars, as he later realized, are over his chest. This not only symbolizes that the Devil destroys by attacking the heart but that the soldier never turned his back to the enemy.
The blood that was once merely pooling around his boots becomes a lake and the soldier is submerged in the Claret (red wine). Beneath the surface of the lake the war between Heaven and Hell raged on until the soldier believes he has met the Eye (a universal symbol representing spiritual sight, inner vision, higher knowledge, insight into occult mysteries). Once the soldier has seen the Eye and all that accompanies it, God reaches into the lake and and returns the soldier to the war between Heaven and Hell ("the storm").
With new-found insight, this soldier proclaims one must either charge and fight the enemy or lay dead- you are of no use. He screams, "Another patch won't do!" to signify that any holes in the line of defense could cripple Heaven's forces. To other soldiers, the main character tells them to take his heart and "begin this run." The main character is urging the others to see what he has seen, take the love and courage that he has, and charge the enemies of God.
This IS 'the end of a DARK campaign', but it also is the beginning of a NEW one; of a LIGHT campaign.
aka, the campaign for darkness, whether it's just in one's life, or just in the world.
It's the final fight within this character to destroy what was once ruling his life.
At least that's what I'm getting.
Talking to Micah about this song was intense, and the new album is gonna destroy.
Though, I believe that the crest simply refers to the red cross that would be on the helmet of the medic =P