Interesting song: "Kiss the Sun (A Song for Pat Tillman)"

This is a song by one of my favorite folk artists, Ellis Paul, on his new album "American Jukebox Fables" (I just got it for my birthday). When I first saw what this song was called, I wasn't sure how I'd react. I know opinions of Pat Tillman are mixed here on DU. But the lyrics -- like all of Ellis Paul's lyrics -- are rather interesting. Apparently he wrote it from the perspective of a fan who sent him letters from Iraq. Of course, I love the closing commentary -- gets the anti-war message across loud and clear. Thoughts?

KISS THE SUN (A SONG FOR PAT TILLMAN)

When I was nineteen
I joined up with the reserves
And I fought on weekends
paid my college tuition
But out in the killing fields,
you come to question all you learn
is peace the truth
a universal truth
or some man made superstition

(chorus)
I dreamt I ran through Kansas wheatfields
slept in the shadows
where the Rockies kiss the sun, they kiss the sun
I dreamt I could hear freedom's sweep
in Martin Luther King's speeches (Lenny Bruce, Woody Guthrie)
Wasn't he reaching for the promise of America?

I heard Pat Tillman died
in the hills of Afghanistan
He came for justice
not for greed, not for ego
His truth came through the fog
like the hometeam's marching band
Are you a warrior, or a savior,
or the great American hero?
(chorus)

My wife, she's writing
the war's on CNN
"It looks pretty bad from here..."
"You should see it from my end --"
I'm just a sentinel
Just a sentinel
Fighting an oilman's war
And I need to know, I need to know
Is that what Pat Tillman died for?
(chorus)

If you want to hear a clip: click here

on edit: this is an article about the song/album

I dig that

whole big deal made about him going over there, then how he was an american hero for dying for freedom, country, and god. then the egg on the face when the truth comes out that he was killed by friendly fire.

if he had done something that the repugs could use you would hear all of the theories about how god guided him, or something along that line. but oh no, he got shot up in by some of the guy's on his side and they let his ass go, just another casualty. really funny when you think about it, it's like something off of mash.

According to the eulogy his brother delivered at Tillman's funeral, anyway.

So to a Fundie Repub, all Tillman accomplished was to become one of the few good atheists, I'd guess.

want to say see that's what happens when you're not christian, but then that would mean god did it. man there is so much to this deal that it's mind boggling