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The most important part of the lyrics is this:

Were we born to fight and die? Sacrificed for one huge lie? Are we heroes keeping peace? Or are we weapons? Pointed at the enemy So someone else can claim a victory?

1st line - Referring to the Huntsmen and Huntresses community in general.

2nd line - This is likely what made Cinder into what she is now - I've already guessed what her motivation and backstory is about, but can't say anything else without spoiling the actual 2nd Opening so we'll leave it at that. There's no telling what this lie is exactly about, but it's not a stretch to think that Glynda's statement regarding 'our world is experiencing an incredible time of peace' is untrue. Or at least, the calm before the storm.

3rd line and so on - Sounds ilke the typical, 'we politicians order soldiers around (in this case Hunters) and take all credit to ourselves fahahahaha'.

All in all, the safest guess is that the world is not at peace as the students, or society in general thinks. It is in fact in crisis from a threat we can assume is the Grimm. My theory goes something like:

1) Summer Rose's sacrifice (along with other fellow Hunters) averted a terrible disaster, and managed to buy mankind some time to prepare.

2) The higher-ups know about it, but instead of seizing the opportunity to eliminate the threat as quickly and thorough as possible, they cared only from themselves and continued their power play (the Faunu War maybe?), while doing little to prepare or counteract the impending disaster that's going to land upon them. Some even thought the peace is going to last forever. They think they're ready for anything short of a meteor shower from Sephiroth.

3) The current Huntsmen and Huntresses are being ordered around to perform missions that had nothing to do with their sacred duty. As the lyrics said, they were treated as weapons to bear upon their enemies, and these enemies are almost always not the Grimm but fellow humans and Faunus. I don't know the structure of command, but it is likely that the Beacon Teams (students) are sent out to perform such missions too.

4) Therefore, expect to see many, many fights between Hunters this Volume 2. Friends will be forced to fight as enemies, and even within a Team people may be forced to turn against each other. Ozpin has his own plans to stall the inevitable further, and Cinder thinks of tearing down the current structure of society.