《Soldier》歌词

歌曲： Soldier

所属专辑：The EMI Years

歌手： Angelic Upstarts

时长： 07:31

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Soldier - Angelic Upstarts[00:00:00]

In a station in the city a british soldier stood[00:00:49]

Talking to the people there if the people would[00:00:54]

Some just stared in hatred and others turned in pain[00:01:00]

And the lonely british soldier wished[00:01:06]

He was back home again[00:01:08]

Come join the british[00:01:11]

Army said the posters in his town[00:01:13]

See the world and have your come serve before the Crown[00:01:17]

The jobs were hard to come by[00:01:23]

And could not face the dole[00:01:25]

So he took his country's shilling and enlisted on the roll[00:01:29]

But there was no fear of fighting the empire long was lost[00:01:58]

Just ten years in the army getting paid for being bossed[00:02:03]

Then leave a man experienced a man who's made the grade[00:02:09]

A medal and a pension some mem'ries and a trade[00:02:15]

Then came the call to[00:02:20]

Ireland as the call had came before[00:02:22]

Another bloody chapter in an endless civil war[00:02:26]

The priests they stood on both[00:02:32]

Sides the priests they stood behind[00:02:34]

Another fight in[00:02:38]

Jesus's name the blind against the blind[00:02:39]

The soldier stood between them[00:02:43]

Between the whistling stones[00:02:46]

And then the broken bottles that led to broken bones[00:02:49]

The petrol bombs that burnt[00:02:55]

His hands the nails that pierced his skin[00:02:57]

And now wished that he'd stayed at home[00:03:01]

Surrounded by his kin[00:03:04]

The station filled[00:03:39]

With people the soldier soon was bored[00:03:41]

But better in the station than where the people warred[00:03:44]

The room filled up with mothers[00:03:50]

With daughters and with sons[00:03:52]

Who stared with itchy fingers at the soldier and his gun[00:03:55]

A yell of fear a screech of brakes the shattering of glass[00:04:01]

The window of the station broke to let the package pass[00:04:07]

A scream came from the mothers as they ran towards the door[00:04:12]

Dragging children crying from the bomb upon the floor[00:04:18]

The soldier stood[00:04:24]

And could not move his gun he could not use[00:04:25]

He knew the bomb had seconds and not minutes on the fuse[00:04:30]

He could not run to pick it up and throw it in the street[00:04:35]

There were far too many people[00:04:41]

There too many running feet[00:04:43]

Take cover yelled the soldier Take cover for your lives[00:04:47]

And the Irishmen threw down their[00:04:52]

Young and stood before their wives[00:04:55]

They turned towards[00:04:58]

The soldier their eyes alive with fear[00:05:00]

For God's sake save children[00:05:04]

They'll end their short lives here[00:05:07]

The soldier moved towards the bomb his stomach like a stone[00:05:10]

Why was this his battle God why was he alone[00:05:16]

He lay down on the package and he murmured one farewell[00:05:21]

To those at home in England to those he loved so well[00:05:27]

He saw the sights of summer felt the wind upon his brow[00:05:33]

The young girls in the city parks[00:05:39]

How precious were they now[00:05:41]

The soaring of the swallow the beauty of the swan[00:05:44]

The music of the turning world so soon would it be gone[00:05:50]

A muffled soft explosion and the room began to quake[00:05:56]

The soldier blown across the floor[00:06:02]

His blood a crimson lake[00:06:04]

They never heard him cry[00:06:07]

Or shout never heard him moan[00:06:09]

And they turned their children's faces from[00:06:13]

The blood and from the bones[00:06:16]

The crowd outside soon gathered and the ambulances came[00:06:19]

To carry off the body of a pawn lost to the game[00:06:24]

And the crowd they clapped and cheered[00:06:30]

And they sang their rebel songs[00:06:33]

One soldier less to interfere where he did not belong[00:06:36]

But will the children growing up learn at their mothers knees[00:06:42]

The story of that soldier who bought their liberty[00:06:47]

Who used his youthful body as a means towards the end[00:06:53]

Who gave his life to those who called him murderer not friend[00:06:59]