[Hook Mackenzie Gault] Today, you dont have to be a soldier Dont have to be a soldier, stand down Its okay to be as you were Be as you were again [Verse 1 Jonny 5] Is it a scheme? Is it a vision? Is it a dream? Is it a nightmare? Or is it a competition, and if it is, what if we dont fight fair? Whats bald in the morning, but in the evening has white hairs? Whats the cause of Global Warming, and could it be these things right here? I got an idea that might not reach anyone for another light year Got a hit list and a cloud of witnesses, which is pricier? Well my tears are mightier than my fears, so mighty Earth Provides me hurt that I keep buried until I convert it to writing I was wounded, I was injured, I was made to move to Denver I was taken through a new adventure, paint stripped from its first fixture I was placed in another picture, I was rushed to a new landscape And ripped away from family scraped into a politicians mistake And whats left of talents in chests beneath oceans Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged A world of emotions, a guess that it might be okay That it could be alright, if expressed [Hook] Today, you dont have to be a soldier Dont have to be a soldier, stand down Its okay to be as you were Be as you were again [Verse 2 Brer Rabbit] Am I a womanraised manmachine damaging everything I touch by not caring enough or too much? Am I a farflung fantasy setting free enmity And making friends from enemies and bridges for the inbetweens? For the highwayman on the low road The tired back with a large load The trials spanned til I found hope And I found more when I slowmoed Enough of the back to face front Let those in the pack of the race run Im needing an evener pace, one Too hasty makes mistakes [Mackenzie Gault and Brer Rabbit] Can you carry a song as strong as your arms Can bear that you keep from harm? And it will be there when you go wrong Make a heart from your bond, your treasures right here [Jonny 5] And whats left of talents in chests beneath oceans Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged A world of emotions, a guess that it might be okay That it could be all right if expressed today [Hook] Today you dont have to be a soldier Dont have to be a soldier, stand down Its okay to be as you were Be as you were again
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