What is seven nation army about

Says white:. To me, the song was a blues at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It won a Grammy for Best Rock Song. There are of course, overtones of revenge or, at least, giving someone their comeuppance, at the beginning of the song, but it does not appear that revenge is the central theme of the song, despite the title.

Remember, the title was a placeholder title before the song was written. Instead, the first few lines seem to be setting the stage for the protagonist leaving town and then grappling with the feelings that occur when he is alone. These are brilliant and evocative lyrics in a song full of good lyrics.

I certainly did the first time I heard it. But these lines in the third verse may be the ones that give people the most trouble. The song never cracked the top 40 on the Billboard Hot , reaching no.

Come on people, show some effort. I think the "I'm gonna work the straw" line means that hes gonna do drugs to calm himself, like snorting cocaine.

I like your interpretation of the song. I could be completely wrong. But to add to what you have said maybe "it" or in your words the "something he did" is making the decision to have an abortion at some point in his life.

George Tiller who was the Medical Director of a womens health care clinic in Wichita KS that provided abortion services for women after the 21 week of pregnancy. Tiller was killed in May of by an anti-abortionist who obviously had issue with what he was doing. Even before he was killed though Wichita had been the front line of the anti-abortionist war on abortion clincs and those who perform them.

Tiller was a target long before he was killed. He actually shot 5 time in by an anti-abortionist but some how managed to live. The whole part about him "going to Wichita" might be about him taking the battle against the people who have given him grief about his decision to have an abortion by going to Wichita to work on the front line of the war where the fight is real; far from the opera that everyone else is participating in by simply debating the topic and not seeing the real violence playing out because of the difference of opinions.

And in the end he is bleeding before the lord who the anti-abortionist say is on their side. And he is making his case by bleeding and bleeding and bleeding out his soul on the issue before the lord until he can sing no more.

I don't know if Jack White has ever made his views on the whole pro-life, pro-choice debate known to the public or what it is. If anyone reading this has any information on this, I would be interested in knowing. Again I could be completely wrong on this. This is a pure speculation and does not represent any information based on truth. This just what happens when you have to spend the evening alone in a hotel room in Wichita, KS.

SOCM on February 24, I think that you're placing too much importance on lyrics. It's nice to see a deeper meaning in songs sometimes, but some songs just don't have a really deep meaning. General Comment The lyrics kinda point to how he's getting sick of the popularity he's reaching. The "bleedin' right before the Lord" part could mean he's put on trial for everyone to see, kinda like a judgement thing.

The part where he says "the stains coming from my blood tell me go back home" and " far from this opera forever more " sound like he's trying to escape the lime light and get away from it all, back to his small time roots. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment The beat is infectious as hell General Comment i'm gonna fight 'em off a seven nation army couldn't hold me back He's talking about fighting off the people that are out to get him in one way or another, whether it be to physically hurt him, mentally hurt him, or just try to make him feel like crap.

It came from a frustration of watching my friends do this to each other. In the end, it started to become a metaphor for things I was going through. But I never set out to write an expose on myself. To me, the song was a blues at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

It won a Grammy for Best Rock Song. Most writers can only dream of a copyright like this one.