I dont know if anyone else has pointed this out, but I think there are some references to the movies "Full Metal Jacket" and "Apocalypse Now" movies that also deal with theme of war and soldiers. I'll show you.
"Maybe you're a sinner into your alternate life"
The movie Apocalypse now is based on a book called "Heart of Darkness", the main theme is the change within the main character as he travels into vietnam, and the further he gets in, the more crazy he becomes, ultimately creating an alternate life and becoming a sinner(raping women and killing people).
"Maybe you're joker, maybe you deserve to die"
The main character in Full Metal Jacket is a soldier who we follow from recruitment untill deployment in Vietnam and his name is "Joker" and much like the main character of apocalypse now he too becomes slightly more and more inhumane the further he goes in vietnam. The movie ends with him shooting a vietnamese woman hence the reason he might deserve to die.
"He's gone so far to find no hope
He's never coming back"
Again a reference to the long distance the main character in Apocalypse Now has to travel up the river to find what he is looking for, in the meantime becoming more and more insane. And as we see in the movie, he doesnt return, hence the reason hes never coming back.
Note: This is repeated throughout the song with a few variations.
"Young men standing on the top of their own graves"
This is an almost direct portrayal of a scene from Full Metal Jacket, where the soldiers are standing atop a mass grave.
This could all be overinterpretation, but I find somewhat fascinating that there are so many lines that can work as references to these 2 hugely famous war movies. 2 war movies that much like this song ultimately criticizes war and the changes they create in the soldiers.
I dont know if anyone else has pointed this out, but I think there are some references to the movies "Full Metal Jacket" and "Apocalypse Now" movies that also deal with theme of war and soldiers. I'll show you.
"Maybe you're a sinner into your alternate life" The movie Apocalypse now is based on a book called "Heart of Darkness", the main theme is the change within the main character as he travels into vietnam, and the further he gets in, the more crazy he becomes, ultimately creating an alternate life and becoming a sinner(raping women and killing people).
"Maybe you're joker, maybe you deserve to die" The main character in Full Metal Jacket is a soldier who we follow from recruitment untill deployment in Vietnam and his name is "Joker" and much like the main character of apocalypse now he too becomes slightly more and more inhumane the further he goes in vietnam. The movie ends with him shooting a vietnamese woman hence the reason he might deserve to die.
"He's gone so far to find no hope He's never coming back" Again a reference to the long distance the main character in Apocalypse Now has to travel up the river to find what he is looking for, in the meantime becoming more and more insane. And as we see in the movie, he doesnt return, hence the reason hes never coming back. Note: This is repeated throughout the song with a few variations.
"Young men standing on the top of their own graves" This is an almost direct portrayal of a scene from Full Metal Jacket, where the soldiers are standing atop a mass grave.
This could all be overinterpretation, but I find somewhat fascinating that there are so many lines that can work as references to these 2 hugely famous war movies. 2 war movies that much like this song ultimately criticizes war and the changes they create in the soldiers.
Maybe those movies encouraged the song, but it's definitely not a song made for those movies, I'm sure it has deeper meaning.
Maybe those movies encouraged the song, but it's definitely not a song made for those movies, I'm sure it has deeper meaning.
@SOADTheory although the layers of meaning and themes explored in those two films are far too exhaustive to fit on a System song
@SOADTheory although the layers of meaning and themes explored in those two films are far too exhaustive to fit on a System song