Good Soldier-Flobots

[ti:Good Soldier] [ar:Flobots] [al:Survival Story] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Good Soldier (Album Version) - Flobots [00:14.90]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 [00:28.17]Is it a scheme Is it a Vision [00:30.48]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 [00:37.04]What's bald in the morning but in the evening has white hairs [00:40.36]What's the cause of global warming and could it be [00:43.92]These things right here [00:45.48]I've got an idea that might not reach anyone for another light year [00:49.79]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 [01:00.73]Until I convert it to writing [01:02.79]I was wounded [01:03.92]I was injured [01:04.98]I was made to move to Denver [01:07.79]I was taken through a new adventure [01:10.17]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 [01:16.11]And ripped away from family scraped into a politicians mistake [01:20.11]And what's left of talents in chests beneath oceans [01:25.17]Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged [01:28.29]A world of emotions [01:30.23]A guess that it might be okay [01:33.05]That it could be all right if expressed today [01:38.29]Today You don't have to be a soldier [01:42.92]Don't have to be a soldier stand down [01:46.79]It's okay to be as you were [01:50.73]Be as you were again [01:52.79]Am I a woman raised man-machine [01:58.17]Damaging everything I touch by not caring enough [02:02.29]Or too much [02:03.92]Am I far flung fantasy [02:06.54]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 [02:15.79]The tired back with a large load [02:17.98]The trials spanned till I found hope [02:20.23]And I found more [02:21.61]When I slo mo'ed [02:22.67]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 [02:29.04]Makes mistakes [02:29.67]Can you carry a song [02:34.17]As strong as your arms can bear [02:36.10]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 [02:48.48]And what's left of talents in chests beneath oceans [02:53.10]Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged [02:58.04]A world of emotions [02:59.29]A guess that it might be okay [03:02.73]That it could be all right if expressed today [03:05.98]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 [03:36.10]Be as you were again [03:41.04]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