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."
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 pissed 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?"
War is bad
January 3,2001
yes
Standard EADGBE tuning
believe-yellowcard (september 11th) hero of war-rise against (afghanistan)
Some believe "Hero of War" by Rise Against is about the war in Iraq. It is more about the bad things that we are doing there. Tim had a friend that was a soldier who told him stories, look up Rise Against: Making of the Video "Hero of War" Others speculate that it is opposing the universal concept of war, no matter what the individual countries involved are. In the song, the country of the narrator's origin is never named or suggested, indicating that it is an opposition to war in general.
May 20th, 2009
The number one famous song of the Band Rise Against, is a song titled Savior. Others in the top five songs include Prayer of the Refugee, Hero of War, The Good Left Undone, and Re-education (through Labor).
Nope.
They're anti-war.
Andrew Jackson defended New Orleans against the British
They thought he was a hero, because he helped them win the civil war against the royalists.