Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: power-pop
Song Meaning of “53 Bodies” by Direct Hit!
“53 bodies on the ground
Picture it, death and sound
Aching bones and bloody crowns
Swept away in fallen towns
It’s a tale of a battle gone wrong
We never knew what took so long
The victor’s march has just begun
For those who lost, just one by one
53 bodies now forgotten
A lifetime of testimony rotin’
Tarnished armor and broken weapons
The forgotten faces of this lesson
We never knew what it was all for
Was it a stand, a call to war?
They never made it back to shore
An emptiness they could not ignore
War never changes, it’s the same
The stillness of death remain
But in those tales, in those eyes
A lesson of life, not demise
53 bodies on the ground
A reminder of the sins unbound
May we never repeat this sound
United fighting for a brighter ground.”
“53 Bodies” by Direct Hit! is about the cost of war. The verses detail a scene of the aftermath of a lost battle, as well as the mourning of the lives that were taken. The song looks to the past, reflecting on how there seemed to be no reason for the battle to have cost so many lives. It emphasizes the tragedy of death and the need for understanding and unity to prevent war from occurring in the future.