the song could be seen as a protest or anti war song. the song explains how all that war does is bring death and destruction
Top 10 Songs About Soldiers and War
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American Soldier-Toby Keith
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the song is about the everyday life of an american soldier and explain how freedom isn't free
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Dear Uncle Sam-Loretta Lynn
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the song is told through the perspective of a widow who's husband was killed in action in Vietnam and she writes a letter to the U.S government, asking them what she is supposed to do now that he is gone. it was written during the vietnam war and it could serve as a protest song due to high opposition to the war at that time
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Travelin Soldier-Dixie Chicks
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the song is a sad love story about a soldier about to be shipped to war falls in love with a girl and the girl says that he is the only one she wants. they exchange letters until she later finds out he was killed in action in vietnam. the song came months before the Chicks' controversy and months before the U.S went to war with Iraq
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Far From Home-Five Finger Death Punch
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the song is told through the perspective of a soldier who explains he may never see his family again and that he is far from going home
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Brothers In Arms-Dire Straits
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the song says that despite everything that soldiers go through in war, they will remain close to each other and it will be like their family
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If You're Reading This-Tim McGraw
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Vernon Parker
10 years ago Report
the song is about a widow receiving a letter from her now deceased soldier husband who explains that he is with god now. the letter was meant to be sent to the wife if the husband ended up being killed in the war
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I Just Came Back From A War-Darryl Worley
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10 years ago Report
the song is told through the perspective of a soldier who just came home from a war(i'm guessing it was iraq) and he is trying to adjust to civilian life. also he claims that people don't care about them(the soldiers) anymore and are no longer grateful
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Riding With Private Malone-David Ball
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it's a haunting song about how a car that the narrator purchased is haunted by the ghost of a soldier who was killed in action in Vietnam named Andrew Malone. one night, the narrator crashes the car during a huge storm and when he awoken by witnesses, they claim they saw the figure of a soldier pull him out of the wreckage, thus saving his life. Th
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Arlington-Trace Adkins
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a song told to the perspective of a recently deceased U.S soldier who is being put to rest in Arlington National Cemetery and is proud of what he has done. he also explains how freedom isn't free and because of them, they are free