![]() Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. like i said, this is just my interpretation of the song, the cold war stuff's prolly more on the line although a lot of this can also tie in with that. ![]() =ppl sending their children off to war (ne'er to return) "We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies" (just for the record the US isn't a democracy) People have been decieved into blind patriotism, believing that anything apart from democracy is evil. "As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song," "The blind men shout let the creatures out look at console games (not that i'm complaining i love FPS games) but we've made war seem fun (barrel of fun). Its not freedom if its being enforced.Īs a culture we idolise and glorify violence and war. Pride for "Freedom and Liberty", which is being treasoned against by enforcing it on other nations. "Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain" always seems to be sticking their noses in IRONxxxMAIDEN 44 said the golden goose was a term for capitalism. Saddam hussain hiding WMDs or is he? obviously they dont need a reason i know this song was probably written long before. particularly the US and other western countries and the war in iraq. what i got from this song was it being about all countries who make war. ![]() To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun The body bags and little rags of children torn in twoĪnd the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on youĪs the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies The blind men shout, "Let the creatures outĪs the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
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