I think most posts are right on this one, but a couple of things confused me and I might have some ideas... The Noah references may be suggestive of the old bush team, in that they A) made claims to superior moral judgment, (Bush has said that god speaks to him directly) and superior knowledge (WMD's etc.)and B)were aggresively trying to get everyone "on board" with the war (ha ha, pun intended). With the "return home" theme the Ark becomes a troop transport, and our "sons sunk in a trunk of Noah's cloths" makes me think of how our troops were commited to this war by the posturing of politicians, i.e. the "clothes" that the Bush Admin wore. Both are going down together. the clothes are lies, and our children are dying.
The more I think about it the more scathing the last verse becomes, where the "crackhead" Noah requests that the only remebrance is the "kinship of the kids and the riot squad". In other words: "Your chidren, that we have taken and killed in an unjust war will only be remembered as soldiers." As if the rest of the humanity of these troops is swept away, and they will only be honored as part of the propaganda.
Maybe I'm overstating, but maybe not! Great song.
I think most posts are right on this one, but a couple of things confused me and I might have some ideas... The Noah references may be suggestive of the old bush team, in that they A) made claims to superior moral judgment, (Bush has said that god speaks to him directly) and superior knowledge (WMD's etc.)and B)were aggresively trying to get everyone "on board" with the war (ha ha, pun intended). With the "return home" theme the Ark becomes a troop transport, and our "sons sunk in a trunk of Noah's cloths" makes me think of how our troops were commited to this war by the posturing of politicians, i.e. the "clothes" that the Bush Admin wore. Both are going down together. the clothes are lies, and our children are dying. The more I think about it the more scathing the last verse becomes, where the "crackhead" Noah requests that the only remebrance is the "kinship of the kids and the riot squad". In other words: "Your chidren, that we have taken and killed in an unjust war will only be remembered as soldiers." As if the rest of the humanity of these troops is swept away, and they will only be honored as part of the propaganda.
Maybe I'm overstating, but maybe not! Great song.