War Topics In Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR5kLoKlgyE - Blood Brothers by Luke Bryan

This song could be on a soundtrack for the two short stories we read in class because it shows the war topic, brotherhood. In the song, Luke sings about a time when he was younger and all the crazy things he use to do with his friends. In the song he even says, "the best of friends, take a bullet for each other." This shows the bond and brotherhood that he had with his friends. They would do just about anything to protect each other, and if anything happened to them he would be devastated. This is similar to when in Guests of The Nation one of the soldiers says, "I knew if they did run for it, that I'd never fire on them." This shows the brotherhood that the soldiers had with the prisoners and they would do just about anything to keep them alive like they are their blood brothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcM9ElA1VHk - What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts

This song could also be on a soundtrack for the two short stories we read in class because it shows an example of the pain people feel when they lose someone. In the song Rascal Flatts sings, "It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go." He sings about how he lost his girlfriend and he hates the way he feels and he feels so lonely without her. The pain people feel when they lose someone is shown in Guests of the Nation when the soldier says, "I never felt the same about again." They were forced to kill the prisoners that they became great friends with and the soldier was struggling to cope with the fact that he had to kill his friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIczlV9bjpY - Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts

Another song that relates to the two short stories we read in class is also by Rascal Flatts called Here Comes Goodbye. In this song he talks about how his girlfriend is coming to his house but this time it may be for the last time. He explains that she is going to say goodbye and he is going to miss everything about her. This relates to when one of the prisoners says, "I'm ready and you boys want to get it over." This was the goodbye the soldiers received. At that moment they knew they would never talk to him again. They knew that the friendship was going to be over and everything was going to be different.