Lyric discussion by star tripper 

Really? My interpretation was that it's a soldier that's dying and praying to the mother mercy to let him go to heaven, to forgive him for his military sins and to spare him from Hell's flames.

good point that to i didn't read the chorus

More accurately, a soldier in religious war who realizes he's been duped, and is praying to be forgiven for the things he has done "in the name of God".

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