movies on television.
“I tried to put myself in the
place of one of those kids out
there, thousands of miles from
home, taking on fire part of the
time and wondering when the
next time will be,” said Daly.
“Which of their friends are go-
ing to make it home and which
aren’t? Whether they are going
to make it home or not. To kind
of empathize with those people
and think about what it would
be like to be in that situation.
While watching Saving Private
Ryan one night, the song just
kind of poured out of me. It’s
the kind of thing where it almost
has more of a general meaning.
Even if you were never a soldier
and cannot relate to what that
person is saying, we all have our
metaphorical battles that we’re
dealing with. When we finally
got it recorded and got a good
version of it, I decided we were
going to use it to try raising
money for veteran’s assistance.”
According to the band’s band-
camp page, all net proceeds
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