Good Soldier

[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.