Brandon's+poem

He said, “Son, Have you see the world? Well, what would you say If I said that you could? Just carry this gun and you’ll even get paid.” I said, “That sounds pretty good.”
 * Lyrics to Hero Of War- by Rise Against ** :

Black leather boots Spit-shined so bright They cut off my hair but it looked alright We marched and we sang We all became friends As we learned how to fight

A hero of war Yeah that’s what I’ll be And when I come home They’ll be damn proud of me I’ll carry this flag To the grave if I must Because it’s flag that I love And a flag that I trust

I kicked in the door I yelled my commands The children, they cried But I got my man We took him away A bag over his face From his family and his friends

They took off his clothes They -- in his hands I told them to stop But then I joined in We beat him with guns And batons not just once But again and again

A hero of war Yeah that’s what I’ll be And when I come home They’ll be damn proud of me I’ll carry this flag To the grave if I must Because it’s flag that I love And a flag that I trust

She walked through bullets and haze I asked her to stop I begged her to stay But she pressed on So I lifted my gun And I fired away

The shells jumped through the smoke And into the sand That the blood now had soaked She collapsed with a flag in her hand A flag white as snow

A hero of war Is that what the see Just medals and scars So damn proud of me And I brought home that flag Now it gathers dust But it’s a flag that I love It’s the only flag I trust

He said, “Son, have you seen the world? Well what would you say, if I said that you could?”

Hero Of War Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ What I like about this song is that it’s catchy and the intro caught my attention very quickly, it’s how most people are lured into the army by having someone explains what the army is like very simply and people think it sounds cool. The meaning of the song is that people (Americans) support their troops with smiles from ear to ear but they don’t see all the things they have done and seen. The meaning I see in this song is that we might not be getting told about the atrocities in conflicts because they might be committed by our troops and the media exposing that would stop our support for them.