I don't think this song is about Oscar Romero. "Romero" is a generic name that was used during the crusades and referred any Western European making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Ritter changes the "place" of the pilgrimage from Europe to the US (he was married the day after the 4th of July). This song is about the modern-day "pilgrimage" which people take without really knowing what they are doing ("He didn't make Heaven, he didn't make Harrisburg. He died in a hole in between")
I don't think this song is about Oscar Romero. "Romero" is a generic name that was used during the crusades and referred any Western European making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Ritter changes the "place" of the pilgrimage from Europe to the US (he was married the day after the 4th of July). This song is about the modern-day "pilgrimage" which people take without really knowing what they are doing ("He didn't make Heaven, he didn't make Harrisburg. He died in a hole in between")