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So the wind is louder now, crying for change. >The people who played and lost the game, like the king and queen, have lost almost everything.
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She leaves him after the fighting because he has nothing left to offer her. He was only a malevolent leader orchestrating senseless fighting for his own gain.
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>The queen is sad because the man she married is not the great man she believed he was. >Those who are left after the fighting try to pick up the pieces of their destroyed way of life. Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life" (Mary walked the path of peace and faith, in contrast to her sister Martha, who lived in selfishness and doubt.) Hence, the wind now quietly speaks her name, the wind being the age or the times. >"Mary" is Mary of Bethany from the Bible. They are visibly harmed, but do not divert. Their blood can be seen in their footprints while they still walk the path. And they continue happily on the path of righteousness, although staggering. >So when the game ends, the people whose voices are heard are those left in the wake who were not playing the game. "You can hear happiness staggering on down the street The players are the clowns, though, because they, themselves, eventually lose and just go to bed (or even die). The game of jacks is the game people play in life to be the "best" or the "winner" (such as war), regardless of who loses in their wake. >The jacks (pieces of the children's game, jacks) are put away because the players grew tired of playing. General CommentI believe the lyrics of this song are multilayered and can also be interpreted in a multitude of ways, but I will try to break them down how they seem to work imho: