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"Hero of War" is a 2008 song by Rise Against from the album Appeal to Reason. The song was mistaken to be the album's third single, after a music video of the song was released on the band's Myspace on May 20, 2009. However, it was later revealed it was just a promotional video and "Savior" is in fact, the third single.
Songs like "Hero of War" and "Survivor Guilt" question the brutality of modern warfare, [12] while "Prayer of the Refugee" is about forced displacement. [13] Not all Rise Against songs discuss controversial topics, such as "Savior", which is about forgiveness and broken relationships. [14]
The music video, however, depicts a couple torn apart by the war in Iraq, which began in 2003 and continues raging to this day. 40. Tony Orlando & Dawn, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree ...
Billy Don't Be a Hero; Blood on the Risers; Bob Cranky's Adieu; The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie; Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; Break the News to Mother; Bring the Boys Back Home; Bring the Boys Home; The British Grenadiers; Broken Boy Soldier (song) Brothers in Arms (song) Buffalo Soldier (song) Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)
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The music video features an eight-year-old boy who resembles George W. Bush playing with a miniature world, and throughout the video the boy plays with objects depicting high gas prices, the war in Iraq, the funeral of a soldier, Abu Ghraib prison, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, deforestation, house foreclosures, gay marriage, and illegal immigration before going to bed in the White House.
The "Man of War" music video, directed by Colin Read, was released in June 2017 on YouTube. The video alternates from day to night, with the mood shifting from "cheerful to paranoid". It follows a man walking from a park who appears carefree by day but "seems to be hiding something" at night. [17]