"We killed a lot of innocent civilians
To us every civilian in Baghdad was a terrorist
'THESE FEDAYKEEN are now in civilian clothes' - that makes everybody free game
But if they came within our perimeter, we lit 'em up
And when we would pull the body out, and when we would search the car, we would find nothing
This took place time and time again
No harm, no foul, that's OK, don't worry about it
Because this is a new TYPE of war, this is an eradication...
...I honestly feel we're committing genocide over here
I don't believe in killing civilians, and I'm not going to kill civilians for the United States Marine CORPS..."
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Review about Ashes Of The Wake Analysis | Reviewer: Stewart | 3/15/09
To begin with.. after Randy's first tid bit.
That's when all of the people are frantically running in confusion and then when the non-stop bass drum comes in that's when machine guns are going off and the guitars are portraying the work of the planes.... right after the dive bomb of the guitars is when the planes fly in and carpet bomb the shit out of the place..... then more machine gun fire and shit going off while the planes are carpet bombing elsewhere. Then when it slows down is when the cease fire.... and the other place that was bombed is just all smokey and there's burning debree and bodies.... then it's just confusion and silence, but right when the guitar solo comes the first time is when there's people shaking, shocked at what just happened... people bruning... people dying... people suffering... people missing limbs... The second time the guitar solo comes is when they start realizing what just happened... and have to start moving on with their orders and continue their parade.
This song is terrifying... it's a work of art... you have to really picture the madness... What I wrote above is What I was thinking while listening to the song.
My own interperetation.
Its great | Reviewer: Garrett | 11/22/08
This song is amazing one of the best next to 11th hour and laid to rest and bloodletting and now you've got something to die for. I'm not sure who said those things in the begining of this song or at the end but it makes you think about it. Like in some mad but reality type of some conspiryc because there was a scientist for area 51 who held a press confrence about that wierd alien type crash in Nevada or Arizon possibly New Mexico but the day after that his body was found dead. So doesn't it make you put a whole different perspective on our goverment. I don't care what you think about it. if you wana see the video of the press conference look it up on youtube.
Very inspirational piece | Reviewer: Kodi | 10/7/08
This song is very insightful. The words are actually from an interview with a former marine named Jimmy Massey. It wasn't a change of heart, Timmy; the first part was merely said with a more satirical undertone.
Musically, it's amazing, as is most of Lamb of God's material. It seems to have more power to me than usual, and I'm pretty sure it's because it's so blunt and true, and the fact that these words came from the mouth of a former staff sergeant.
I LOVE THIS SONG | Reviewer: Timmy | 7/18/08
man this song has sum mad ass solo's in it!!!
regrdless of the fact that they got sumone else to do the solo's, it still a great song
the lyrics are obviously being said from the perspective of sumone in the army, killing civilians in Baghdad, and tries to make people frown on what there doing.
then at the end im guessing he realised what he's doing is wrong??? most likely wrong, so don't get up me lol
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