In December 1981, the Solidarity movement was outlawed and Walesa, together with the other leaders of the movement, was arrested and put in jail. In 1980 the Solidarity movement in Poland, under the leadership of future Nobel Peace Prize winner and president Lech Walesa, challenged the oppressive rule of the Polish government. Coincidentally, after the song was released Poland\'s Communist government announced that they would abolish martial law. The lyrics, in fact, refer to the persecuted leader of the Polish Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa. ![]() He then repeats his affirmation that even though he is witnessing history in the making, he still wants to be with her. On New Year's day" - We're told that this is the golden age of society but he is wondering if that is true then why are all these wars being wages, for money and gold. "And so we're told this is the golden ageĪnd gold is the reason for the wars we wage I, I will begin again" - He will start his life anew after the horrors that he has witnessed. The newspapers confirm all the rumors that the war has ended. They are the chosen few to go through with the negotiations. We can be one" - Under the war-torn sky, a group of officers and officials of all different races have gathered together and put aside their differences. I will be with you again" - This sounds to me like a jubilant murmured realization, that he really will be with her again, that he made it through, he can't really believe it yet. Even in all this excitement he still craves to be with her. On New Year's day" - Tt does not necessarily have to be January 1, it could mean New Year's Day as in a time to start over, the war is over and it is time to start a new "year" or chapter in his life. I want to be with you, be with you, night and day To me this song is a letter that a soldier writes to his beloved on the day that the war he in is ending. But, as the song and the soldier laments, "nothing changes on New Year's Day."īTW.The little boy on the album cover for War is from a Soviet Propaganda film about a Russian boy who becomes a Partisan (guerilla) fighter against the Germans. Despite this, the newspapers, actually just one "Pravda" kept proclaiming that the Red Army was resisting (which they were) and that the great push to drive the Germans back was coming. In the south, the Axis were driving toward Stalingrad. In the north, the German Wehrmacht was at the gates of Moscow and Leningrad was cut off and under seige. Things looked bleak for the Soviets at the end of 1941 as the country was split into two fronts in the north and south. This is a reference to Soviet propaganda. The second line refers to the fact that in 1941, when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, they were unprepared for winter fighting and wore primarily grey and black uniforms whereas the Soviets who were fighting on their home turf wore white snow cammouflage. The first line is a reference to the fact that this part of the war was primarily fought in the USSR.a communist country under Joseph Stalin. "A world in white" is synonymous with the Eastern Front. This refers to the fact that the Russian Winter e.g. For those of you who received the public school version of History where we were force fed the Civil Rights Movement at the cost of learning about WWI and WWII, allow me to translate. Its about the Eastern Front in WWII written from the perspective of a Soviet Red Army soldier writing to a loved one. ![]() Sigh.This song isn't about something abstract or inner-turmoil or spiritualism or any of that garbage.
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