"Sixteen Military Wives" by the Decemberists (2003)

This song is about people in war and how they are dying to save other lives, resulting in leaving their wives at home alone. No matter how hard it is, "if America says it's so, it's so." The theme of this song is that people all over America are going on with their lives while servcice men are going to fight for their well-being. The wieves of the men, along with their families, are left with shattered and broken lives when they don't come home, but the rest of America lives on without a clue. The rest of America doesn't see how much these people are giving up to protect us and this proves how inconsiderate we are. We don't seem to understand how awful this is and the fact that we don't care what the people are doing by fighting for our lives shows that we need to change and be aware what's going on around us.