Rise Against's song 'Hero of War' has been in my head all week and I've played it so many times because it's such a moving, confronting piece. I think about it as broken into three sections of the narrating voice's state of mind: the first being the glorified idea of being a soldier and becoming a hero fighting for one's country. The second being exposed to the battlefield and the horrors that occur with the violence and ill treatment to innocents while morals are being abandoned. The third is of complete disillusionment.
I think the best way to talk about this song is actually just listening to it, so here it is:
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