This song sums up the entire story of Beard's Unit in the Russo-American war.
It sounds like the sweetest victory and the most crushing defeat at the same time. The Ghost Wolves unit all know that they're going to lose the war to the Russians, and that nothing can be done against it. However, while the outcome is inevitable, they'll keep fighting until the end of it, not necessarily to hold onto their slim chance of winning, but to at least see it out to the end. To survive. To see another day, without the worry of an ambush or a near-impossible suicide mission awaiting them right outside their doors.
This song, to me, represents Beard's dedication to making it out alive. His determination to live in peace, and to live that simple luxurious dream to find that little convenience store, and put a little TV next to the register, and just sit there all day, relaxing.
Sorry your work gets posted on a million other channels and sites, but god damn, you really are fantastic. And this is the most perfect title possible for this track.
This track specifically has always hit the heart. It's got a perfect balance of heroism and mortality. It accentuates the level perfectly:
You know what you have to do. You don't want to, but you're going to do it anyways. It's not a suicide mission, it's a last resort. Do and die. If you don't do it, then thousands - even millions - of people could die an undue death, including you. But if you actually follow through, you're going to die like a dog - why does saving people matter by now? It packs quite an emotional punch.
Obligatory Beard comment here but -- Casualties -- it really is his last stand, his way home; one last mission, just one more time he has to see people die. Just one more moment in this hellish place, and then he's free.
And I really like that, in this music. It captures the feeling of being battered and nearly broken; nearly dead, but still alive, still fighting back, and carrying a thin spark of hope with you.
