Sooo Charlie is a soldier in the Vietnam War,
Lillian is his mother.
The chorus is encouragement to Charlie, from his mother or just people or whatever.
the "News was bad..." chorus is about getting bad news about the war--either CHarlie is dead or theyre losing the war, etc.
Upland Ave. is a street is Metuchen, NJ...maybe they live there?
Sons rebelled--hippies
Fathers yelled--people didnt like hippies, but didnt like the dying either...
Mothers...--women prayed for it all to end...
@mermy96 I live in Ramsey, NJ where the lumineers are from and there is and Upland Road in town. Maybe they changed the lyrics to rhyme. I'm actually here because the name caught my ear and I immediately thought of Upland Rd, so checked to see if there might be a correlation, and with this, there very well might be.
@mermy96 I live in Ramsey, NJ where the lumineers are from and there is and Upland Road in town. Maybe they changed the lyrics to rhyme. I'm actually here because the name caught my ear and I immediately thought of Upland Rd, so checked to see if there might be a correlation, and with this, there very well might be.
Sooo Charlie is a soldier in the Vietnam War, Lillian is his mother.
The chorus is encouragement to Charlie, from his mother or just people or whatever.
the "News was bad..." chorus is about getting bad news about the war--either CHarlie is dead or theyre losing the war, etc. Upland Ave. is a street is Metuchen, NJ...maybe they live there? Sons rebelled--hippies Fathers yelled--people didnt like hippies, but didnt like the dying either... Mothers...--women prayed for it all to end...
THats just what im guessing!!!!!!
@mermy96 I live in Ramsey, NJ where the lumineers are from and there is and Upland Road in town. Maybe they changed the lyrics to rhyme. I'm actually here because the name caught my ear and I immediately thought of Upland Rd, so checked to see if there might be a correlation, and with this, there very well might be.
@mermy96 I live in Ramsey, NJ where the lumineers are from and there is and Upland Road in town. Maybe they changed the lyrics to rhyme. I'm actually here because the name caught my ear and I immediately thought of Upland Rd, so checked to see if there might be a correlation, and with this, there very well might be.