War
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シャワーの音が響くすき間
君の目が光る
携帯の着信を見ては 僕に詰め寄る
後ろめたいものはないのに
君の視線そらしちゃう
濡れたカラダ拭いもせずに
気にしてない態度貫く
「愛してるの?」
「なんだよ急に」
「口にしてよ」「照れるだろ」
「どうしてなの?」
「言葉じゃないよ!」
「そんなの 関係ない!」
「言葉じゃないだろ!」

男はいつも狙い定め
追いかける生き物
追いかけられ始めるとすぐ
逃げ出したくなる
緊迫してる非常事態を
抜け出す術はただひとつ
力ずくでキスを求めて抱き寄せたら
うまくかわされた
「私を見て」「疲れているんだ」
「好きじゃないの?」
「そういう意味じゃない」
「ねえ 聞いてるの?」
「何度も言うなよ!」
「そう言って 逃げる気?」
「怒らせるなよ!」
「愛してるの?」
「それはわからない」
「口にしてよ」「照れるだろ」
「どうしてなの?」
「言葉じゃないから」
「愛してないのね?どうなの!」

「愛してるの?」
「なんだよ急に」
「口にしてよ」「照れるだろ」
「どうしてなの?」
「言葉じゃないよ!」
「そんなの 関係ない!」
「言葉じゃないだろ!」
「私を見て」「疲れているんだ」
「好きじゃないの?」
「そういう意味じゃない」
「ねえ 聞いてるの?」
「何度も言うなよ!」




「そう言って 逃げる気?」
「怒らせるなよ!」

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in Ken's song War are reflective of the idea of fighting against wars. The repetition of "It's a war on war" could be interpreted as a call to end all wars. The song might be addressing the idea of how destructive wars can be and how it is important to put an end to them.


The repeated line "You have to lose, you have to learn how to die" can be interpreted as a metaphorical death. Perhaps it implies that in order to bring an end to wars, people need to let go of their ego and pride, take the hit, and work towards finding a peaceful solution. The song might be telling listeners to let go of the fear of losing, and instead focus on how to make peace.


The lines "Just watching the miles flying by, you are not my typewriter, but you could be my demon, moving forward through the flaming doors" suggest that progress is being made. The views in the rear mirror are of the past, and one needs to forget them to move forward. The demon reference could possibly connect to the idea of facing one's fears in order to progress through difficult situations.


Line by Line Meaning

It's a war on war
The song addresses a struggle against war.


There's a war on
The war mentioned in the song is ongoing.


You're gonna lose
In this war, the singer warns someone that they will lose.


You have to lose
In order to win, the artist tells someone they must first lose.


You have to learn how to die
The artist implies that accepting death is a necessary step in this struggle.


Just watching the miles flying by
The singer observes the passage of time.


You are not my typewriter
The singer acknowledges the difference between people and machines.


But you could be my demon
The artist recognizes that people may possess qualities that can be destructive.


Moving forward through the flaming doors
The artist describes the struggle as a journey through a dangerous path.


If you want to want to be alive, okay?
The artist concludes that to truly live, one must be willing to face death.


You have to die
The singer repeats the idea that accepting death is essential.




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ken Hirai, Masahito Nakano

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Kinto Openbook The Wise

The Ken burns Civil war drinking game. (Not advised)
‘Battle cry of freedom’ plays
Shelby Foote’s name appears
Picture of Abraham Lincoln
‘Elisha Hunt Rhodes’
‘George templeton strong’
‘Mary chestnut’
‘The civil war was fought in 10,000 places’
A cannon silhouetted at sunset



Cville Merton

Ken Burns, I respect. But Burns was wrong to say Lee disapproved of slavery. And (like all of us) Burns was wrong to conclude that our country could not again conceive of civil war.
...
About Lee, this (everything from this point forward) is from The Atlantic in 2017:

Lee was a slave owner—his own views on slavery were explicated in an 1856 letter that is often misquoted to give the impression that Lee was some kind of abolitionist. In the letter, he describes slavery as “a moral & political evil,” but goes on to explain that:

"I think it however a greater evil to the white man than to the black race, & while my feelings are strongly enlisted in behalf of the latter, my sympathies are more strong for the former. The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically. The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race, & I hope will prepare & lead them to better things. How long their subjugation may be necessary is known & ordered by a wise Merciful Providence. Their emancipation will sooner result from the mild & melting influence of Christianity, than the storms & tempests of fiery Controversy."

The argument here is that slavery is bad for white people, good for black people, and most important, better than abolitionism; emancipation must wait for divine intervention. That black people might not want to be slaves does not enter into the equation; their opinion on the subject of their own bondage is not even an afterthought to Lee.

Lee’s cruelty as a slave master was not confined to physical punishment. In Reading the Man, the historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor’s portrait of Lee through his writings, Pryor writes that “Lee ruptured the Washington and Custis tradition of respecting slave families” by hiring them off to other plantations, and that “by 1860 he had broken up every family but one on the estate, some of whom had been together since Mount Vernon days.” The separation of slave families was one of the most unfathomably devastating aspects of slavery, and Pryor wrote that Lee’s slaves regarded him as “the worst man I ever see.”

The trauma of rupturing families lasted lifetimes for the enslaved—it was, as my colleague Ta-Nehisi Coates described it, “a kind of murder.”
...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/



All comments from YouTube:

StsFiveOneLima

This is the most powerful introduction to a documentary film which has ever been made.

I watched this film when it was first put on air, and I have watched it several times since, and I still consider it to be the best documentary film I have ever seen.

I AM IN YOUR WALLS

I cry at least once every time. Real men can admit it ;-;

PBS America

Thank you for your kind feedback!

Alex Hines

It is the greatest documentary and arguably the most important film ever made

bunglebutts

@I AM IN YOUR WALLS nice profile pic lmao

Marcus Aurelius

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Liam Calvert

As a proud Australian, this remarkable documentary inspired me to learn about the events of the Civil War and the profound impact it had in shaping the American psyche. Simply wonderful!

ER GoogleChannel

Ironic that in this moment, the US might be heading towards another civil war, thanks in part to the demonization of anyone who disagrees with Donald Trump and the stolen election lie, by another proud Australian, Mr. Rupert Murdock, owner of Fox News. The Aussies own the US at this point. Thank you Australia. Please take the Murdock family back home.

Vroom and Pew

@ER GoogleChannel And to think - that everything they worked so hard for is being bought and sold by the only 2 political parties allowed to mean anything. People willing to give up their rights over feelings. What would the Founding Fathers have thought today if they heard all the cases against the second amendment? Ridiculous.

lehah

@Vroom and Pew They would first ask why you were killing so many children

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