Sunday, January 29, 2012

"Sixteen Military Wives" by the Decemberists

What is this song about (subject matter)?
This song is about (in the first stanza) army men who die fighting, and leave behind wives The next part is about a group of  "academics" out of whom only a few care. The last one is about cannibal kings eating the aforementioned characters.

What is the theme of this song?
The first stance and chorus led me to believe that it is about how soldiers were sent out because "America" "can't say no" and that because of this they say that it is necessary, since "America" says it to be. "And America dies, if America says it's so." But then the idea that the anchorperson goes "la de da de da" which is pretty much nonsense and means that the anchorperson does not actually care.

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