A raw, off-the-cuff studio moment where the band members wrestle with duty, sacrifice, and a relative's discomfort.
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A raw, off-the-cuff studio moment where the band members wrestle with duty, sacrifice, and a relative's discomfort.
The lyric doesn't resolve the tension between national honor and personal cost.
It leaves the question "But will we be able to do that?" hanging, almost as if the tape ran out.
Editor's note
H.O.T.'s Talk 1 imagines war at a concert
A raw, off-the-cuff studio moment where the band members wrestle with duty, sacrifice, and a relative's discomfort.
"I just feel sorry towards that person."
The lyric doesn't resolve the tension between national honor and personal cost. It leaves the question "But will we be able to do that?" hanging, almost as if the tape ran out. That open-endedness feels truer than any anthem could.
When one member says, "I have a distant relative. and whenever the subject of war comes up I think of that person," the room shifts. It's not about grand statements or politics; it's about carrying someone else's memory into a casual talk. That phrase "I just feel sorry towards that person" hangs there, unanswered, a quiet weight in the middle of band banter.
It's a plain admission of helplessness, not pity. In a talk about war and duty, this is the only thing that feels entirely real.
The way laughter cuts into the line about "Goodbye weapons?" makes the whole exchange feel unrehearsed and slightly uneasy.
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Was that what it was supposed to mean? Tonya..Why are you so sullen, man..
Ah..I have a distant relative..and whenver the subject of war comes up I think of that person..
Why? Ah..His body has become a discomfort..You know that kind of thing..
I just feel sorry towards that person..
That's right..For all his life that person thinks of it as a honor
that he fought recieving the call from the nation..
I met that person too right? I read in a book..
If the country wanted an arm they would give an arm and if it wanted a
leg they would give up their leg...I once read a book that had a phrase like that in it...
But will we be able to do that?
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A raw, off-the-cuff studio moment where the band members wrestle with duty, sacrifice, and a relative's discomfort. The lyric doesn't resolve the tension between national honor and personal cost. It leaves the question "But will we be able to do that?" hanging, almost as if the tape ran out.
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