Broken Heroes - Saxon
Song Lyrics:
They came to fight for glory in their thousands
Young men with their dreams
They died before the guns for their country
A book of faded pictures, broken dreams
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
Uncle Sam is waiting with the draft card
He says you've got to fight the Vietcong
The stations full of flags and rule Britannia
The engine pulls you out towards the Somme
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
The pipes are calling young men back to Belfast
The general says you march to Stalingrad
You rode into the valley with the hundred
Seven lonely graves on Goose Green
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
They came to fight for glory in their thousands
Young men with their dreams
They died before the guns for their country
A book of faded pictures, broken dreams
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
Uncle Sam is waiting with the draft card
He says you've got to fight the Vietcong
The stations full of flags and rule Britannia
The engine pulls you out towards the Somme
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
The pipes are calling young men back to Belfast
The general says you march to Stalingrad
You rode into the valley with the hundred
Seven lonely graves on Goose Green
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
Where are they now
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
The broken heroes
This Vietnam war song is neither anti war or pro war in my opinion. The artist is merely showing sympathy towards the soldiers that lost their lives in Vietnam. It does not question beliefs for why they were sent to fight or to why they fight; therefore this song doesn’t have a particular opinion on the matter.
I don’t believe that the
song supports or is not in support of the foreign policy decisions. If I had to
choose what the artists’ idea would most likely contribute to, it would be to
not agree with the foreign policy. Because he seems to disagree with the lives
lost during the war.
This song answers how the
war affects society, because of the emotion that is spoken in this song about
the line “where are they now?”. People have been impacted by the amount of
lives lost in Vietnam. And the lives lost in Vietnam, is what the song focuses
on.