We met as soulmates
On Parris Inland We left as inmates From an asylum And we were sharp As sharp as knives And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives. We came in spastic Like tameless horses We left in plastic As numbered corpses And we learned fast To travel light Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight We had no homefront We had no soft soap They sent us playboy They gave us bob hope We dug in deep And shot on sight And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might. We had no cameras To shoot the landscape We passed the hash pipe And played our Doors tapes And it was dark.. So dark at night And we held onto each other Like brother to bother We promised our mothers we'd write |
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together. Remember Charlie? Remember Baker? They left their childhood On every acre And who was wrong, And who was right? It didn't matter in the thick of the fight We, held the day In the palm of our hands They, ruled the night And the night, seemed to last as long as six weeks On Parris Island We held the coastline They held the highland And they were sharp As sharp as knives They heard the hum of the mortars They counted the rotors And waited for us to arrive And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together. |
The language of this song that will catch your attention and stand out is the fact that these young men who serve the United States swore to fight until they were all dead. This song takes a pro-war stance in the way that it talks about the glory of dying for your country and about the camaraderie that is shared amongst soldiers. In addition, this song supports the foreign policy because it talks about how it is a good thing to help other nations who need it, which is exactly what the United States foreign policy says. This song also shows how war can be beneficial, regardless of the destruction that it creates, because of a positive impact we can have on another country. However, I do not agree with the message or messages that this song is trying to convey because it talks about how death is an immanent thing and therefor why should you be afraid of dying in war, if it’s going to happen anyway.