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The song speaks about a war monument that stands between two football fields with the names of soldiers who lost their lives during a war. The protagonist reminisces about his family tradition of playing football and how he and his relatives used to play despite their physical limitations. He also remembers a soldier who had the same name and age as him, who also used to play football and had died during the war. The song ends with the protagonist reflecting on how he had broken away from the family tradition of playing in his J.O.S. days after getting knocked out during a match.