Good Soldier

Song Good Soldier
Artist The Flobots
Album Survival Story

Lyrics

[00:13.66] Flobots - Good Soldier
[00:14.91] Today, You don't have to be a soldier
[00:16.59] Don't have to be a soldier, stand down
[00:19.11] It's okay to be as you were
[00:22.67] Be as you were again.
[00:28.18] Is it a scheme? Is it a Vision?
[00:30.49] Is it a dream? Is it a nightmare?
[00:32.23] Or is it a competition?
[00:33.98] And if it is, what if we don't fight fair?
[00:37.05] What's bald in the morning but in the evening has white hairs?
[00:40.37] What's the cause of global warming and could it be
[00:43.93] these things right here?
[00:45.49] I've got an idea that might not reach anyone for another light year
[00:49.80] Got a hit list and a cloud of witnesses which is pricier
[00:53.92] My tears are mightier than my fears
[00:57.74] So mighty Earth provides me hurt that I keep buried
[01:00.74] until I convert it to writing
[01:02.80] I was wounded
[01:03.93] I was injured
[01:04.98] I was made to move to Denver
[01:07.79] I was taken through a new adventure
[01:10.18] Paint stripped from it's first fixture
[01:11.30] I was placed in another picture
[01:13.29] I was rushed to a new landscape
[01:16.12] And ripped away from family scraped into a politicians mistake
[01:20.11] And what's left of talents in chests beneath oceans
[01:25.18] Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged
[01:28.29] A world of emotions
[01:30.24] A guess that it might be okay
[01:33.05] That it could be all right if expressed today
[01:38.30] Today, You don't have to be a soldier
[01:42.92] Don't have to be a soldier, stand down
[01:46.80] It's okay to be as you were
[01:50.73] Be as you were again.
[01:52.80] Am I a woman raised man-machine
[01:58.18] Damaging everything I touch by not caring enough
[02:02.29] Or too much
[02:03.93] Am I far flung fantasy
[02:06.55] Setting free enmity
[02:09.11] And making friends from enemies
[02:11.23] And bridges for the in-between's
[02:13.49] For the highwayman on a low road
[02:15.80] The tired back with a large load
[02:17.99] The trials spanned till I found hope
[02:20.23] And I found more
[02:21.61] When I slo mo'ed
[02:22.68] Enough of the back to face front
[02:24.67] Let those in the pack of the race run
[02:27.11] I'm needing an evener pace one too hasty
[02:29.05] Makes mistakes
[02:29.67] Can you carry a song
[02:34.17] As strong as your arms can bear
[02:36.11] That you keep from harm
[02:37.48] And it will be there
[02:38.73] When you go wrong
[02:44.23] Make a heart from your bond
[02:46.23] Your treasure is right here
[02:48.49] And what's left of talents in chests beneath oceans
[02:53.11] Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged
[02:58.04] A world of emotions
[02:59.30] A guess that it might be okay
[03:02.74] That it could be all right if expressed today
[03:05.99] Today, You don't have to be a soldier
[03:28.67] Don't have to be a soldier, stand down
[03:32.85] It's okay to be as you were
[03:36.11] Be as you were again.
[03:41.05] Today, You don't have to be a soldier
[03:45.93] Don't have to be a soldier, stand down
[03:48.68] It's okay to be as you were
[03:54.81] Be as you were again.