Soldier's Lament

He fight and he pray, he love and he bleed

To no satisfaction, was not his need

And when he walks, stands tall as he can

For he's a man, yeah, he's a man

And when he crumbles, resolve to the ground

Like burnt bits of paper, life flutters 'round

All eyes turn away, no one wants to see

A man who has lost in the fight to be free

For we've been out

Running for all of our lives

No chance in stopping

We'd surely lose sight

In the back of his mind is a smiling face

The one who said, "You know, it's no race"

The one who said, "You got time to breathe"

'Cause child you're born, we're all born free

But the back of his mind is the back of a room

So dust enshrouded and no dust broom

Stands a chance to clear the cobwebs away

So live in the back, in the dark it'll stay

And we've been out

Running for all of our lives

No chance in stopping

We'd surely lose sight

Tell me son, what are you living for?

Tell me boy, what are you living for?

Tell me son, what are you living for?

Tell me, tell me, what are you living for?