I think a big part of the meaning of this song is in the first verse.
"Remember boy that your forefather's died
Lost in millions for a country's pride
But they never mention the trenches of Belgium
When they stopped fighting and they were one"
It sounds almost like a school lesson, the boys are being taught about the 'glory' of war and what their forefathers died for, but no-one ever tells them of the futility of the conflict, as in how alike the men are. Next year I'm becoming an officer in the army and it wans't until I heard this song that I really thought about the pointlessness and waste of war, I always considered it somewhat of an adventure.
I think a big part of the meaning of this song is in the first verse. "Remember boy that your forefather's died Lost in millions for a country's pride But they never mention the trenches of Belgium When they stopped fighting and they were one" It sounds almost like a school lesson, the boys are being taught about the 'glory' of war and what their forefathers died for, but no-one ever tells them of the futility of the conflict, as in how alike the men are. Next year I'm becoming an officer in the army and it wans't until I heard this song that I really thought about the pointlessness and waste of war, I always considered it somewhat of an adventure.