I think this song is all about War. People always think their side is the 'right' side in war. And cruel acts are justified. Any misjustice isn't questioned, it's just covered up by the majority of the population.
If anyone has read Animal Farm, this song screams Boxer to me. The workhorse who believed everything would be okay if he worked harder. Even though the farm was being turned into a dictatorship and it was moving away from their idea of a perfect society (everyone pulling their weight and earning equality, god, it's an allegory to communism, what more can I say?), he wasn't smart enough to realize that he had to do more than just work harder. But that was all he could do.
I think this song is all about War. People always think their side is the 'right' side in war. And cruel acts are justified. Any misjustice isn't questioned, it's just covered up by the majority of the population.
If anyone has read Animal Farm, this song screams Boxer to me. The workhorse who believed everything would be okay if he worked harder. Even though the farm was being turned into a dictatorship and it was moving away from their idea of a perfect society (everyone pulling their weight and earning equality, god, it's an allegory to communism, what more can I say?), he wasn't smart enough to realize that he had to do more than just work harder. But that was all he could do.