Soldier’s Lament

[Verse 1]
He fight and he pray
He love and he bleed
To know satisfaction
Was not his need
And when he walks
Stands tall as he can
For he's a man
Yeah, he's a man

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
For we've been out
Running for all of our lives
No chance in stopping
We'd surely lose sight

[Verse 3]
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"

[Verse 4]
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 there in the back
In the dark it'll stay

[Chorus]
And we've been out
Running for all of our lives
No chance in stopping
We'd surely lose sight

[Outro]
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?