I began this song four years
ago and it has 30 or 40 verses. I had to choose among them.This selection
does not guarantee an achievement but at least proves the will of
achievement. Among others, there are two lines that I find true:
"What ever makes a soldier sad, will make a killer smile." In
other words, we are really a predatory species. We are unique so far as we
kill for pleasure. We have to
understand that we're going to meet with some people who, naturally, are
killers. It's not like a soldier or self-defence. We have to get
ourselves ready, otherwise we're going die by naivety. And this is the
topic of "The Captain," a passing on during which the corporal
and the basic soldier are really taught by the captain because he's the
one who understands he has to fight. But the soldier considers that, in
light of so much pain and bloodshed, his only way out is to escape from
the place of war. But the captain furthers his education, saying to him
"There's no decent place."
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See the original lyrics of the song
Interview
(Magazine "Paroles et Musiques",1985)