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About This Track
The song, “Hero of War”, from the fifth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against “Appeal to Reason(released in North America on October 7, 2008) is about an Iraq War Veteran looking back on his war experiences. It is described by Rolling Stone as an “ambivalent aggro-folk track”. McIlrath said of the song, “I wanted to take the perspective of ‘What is the war going to be looked back on as?’” He went on to say, “There are not many songs…
talking about what’s going on during eight years of occupation in Iraq. That, combined with meeting active soldiers and retired soldiers at our shows and hearing those stories about what is going on on the ground amid all the bullshit, showed me the differences from what is really happening to what is happening in the news media. I just thought that this needed to go into a song.” He said about the song in another interview, “It was a way to document what’s going on, like other artists documented for their generation and for generations to come.”
Songwriters: Barnes, Brandon; Chasse, Christopher; Mcilrath, Timothy; Principe, Joseph Daniel;
The lyrics:
He said, “Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun, you’ll even get paid”
I said, “That sounds pretty good”
Black leather boots, spit shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looks 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
Songwriters: Barnes, Brandon; Chasse, Christopher; Mcilrath, Timothy; Principe, Joseph Daniel;
The lyrics:
He said, “Son, have you seen the world?
Well, what would you say if I said that you could?
Just carry this gun, you’ll even get paid”
I said, “That sounds pretty good”
Black leather boots, spit shined so bright
They cut off my hair but it looks 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
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niceverdict wrote:
we remember
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niceverdict wrote:
LOVE THIS SONG!! THEY RELEASED THIS NOVEMBER last year right/??????? omg
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olusia01_95 wrote:
beautiful song
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Sailez144 wrote:
really really good song (=
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atheistXpeace wrote:
I used to despise this song, but I've come to really appreciate it now!
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tcostan wrote:
fucking amazing song
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lenaa161 wrote:
great song, great band..! ♥'
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RW-157 wrote:
...a flag white as snoooow... <= thats the saddest verse i ever heard and one of the best.
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chormondo wrote:
What a great track! We need to make sure our warriors are looked after better. They live and die for our freedom and safety.
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undine_ wrote:
goosepimples
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Any_excuse wrote:
This song can bring a tear to my eye with ease. <3 [5]
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nelsen101 wrote:
very peicful and nice ''_''
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criminal_manboy wrote:
Pretty good song.
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lena161 wrote:
omygood, wonderful, i love it *-*
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Araknusfm wrote:
simply beautiful <3 [2]
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aniymay wrote:
*sitting on knees on the floor staring blankly at the sky with disbelief in eyes, small tears slowly flowing looking dumbfounded* my God...what is this?
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theAntiMedicine wrote:
This song can bring a tear to my eye with ease. <3 [4]
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NoSo101 wrote:
It´s such a true, tragic and perfect song.
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isa1404 wrote:
This song can bring a tear to my eye with ease. <3 [3]
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geheimer333 wrote:
This song bring me back to music!
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