Lyric discussion by pt 

certainly a beautiful song.....never knew the meaning.

The US has it's heart in the right place but is so blinded by conceite it is a bit of a Destroying Angel; But of course when we do something correctly no one talks about it.

Wtf backwards reality do you live in? Do you mean the military industrial complex? There is not 'heart' there, douf, just greed, delusions of superiority and psychopathic slaughter. Go tell the families of the literal millions who have died due to U.S. and British led coups. And when you say 'we' are you saying you're part of the military and/or govt. or just some toolbox who deludes himself into thinking he's more important than what he is. And when the U.S. does do something 'correctly', they won't shut the hell up about it.

@pt Au contraire, we do not always have our heart in the right place, it's ofttimes filled with greed & a quest for power & control. Look at what's going on today, look at one of Stipe's favorite targets, George W. Bush & the incredibly evil sh*t pulled off w/9/11 & the ensuing wars in Iraq & Afghan. Look back further at the coup pulled on our beloved 35th President, JFK, then RFK, then JFK, Jr., guaranteed the latter was no inexperienced pilot confused by a hazy pall over Martha's Vineyard! The hit list of our own government is as...

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