Difference between revisions of "The Good Soldier"

Revision as of 05:33, 19 April 2007

Album:Year Zero

Length:3:23

Tempo:{{{BPM}}} BPM

Versions:The Good Soldier

Live:N/A

"The Good Soldier" is the fourth track on the 2007 release Year Zero. The chorus of this song includes the lyrics "I Am Trying To Believe."

Alan Cross from 102.1 CFNYFM The Edge in Toronto had this song "mysteriously show up" in his office. His description of this song is "Moody, slower. Great grind-y bass synth groove. A natural pick for a single!"[1]

The 'Good Soldier' could be the captain from the comic book style story portrayed in the 'One country at a time' website. The story tells of a captain in the Syrian campaign, who decided to return a 12 year-old Syrian girl to her relatives in Tadmur, against the wishes of his group. He believes that God(the Presence) wishes him to return this girl to her family, but when two members of his team die, he doubts his faith, attempts to attack the presence and is killed by "friendly fire."

Trivia

A 'Good Soldier' is another term for a samovar (a decorative metal tea dispensing device that resembles a keg and is traditionally used in Russia).

Appearances

Halos

Year Zero

Versions

The Good Soldier

This is the only known version at the present moment.

Live

"The Good Soldier" has yet to be performed live.

Lyrics

    Gun fire in the street
    Where we used to meet
    Echoes out a beat and the bass goes
    Bomb right over my head 
    Step over the dead 
    Remember what you said you know, the part about
    Life is just a waking dream 
    I know what you mean
    But that ain't how it seems right here and how
    How can all this be real
    I can barely feel 
    Anymore
    
    I am trying to see
    I am trying to believe 
    This is not where I should be 
    I am trying to believe 
    
    Blood hardens in the sand 
    Cold metal in my hand 
    Maybe help you understand
    The way that things will be
    There's nowhere left to hide 
    'Cause God is on our side 
    I keep telling myself
    
    I am trying to see 
    I am trying to believe 
    This is not where I should be 
    I am trying to believe
    
    No one's even sure
    What we're fighting for
    Or who we even are
    Anymore
    I feel
    So far away

Some changes were made in the final recorded lyrics. The ninth line of the first verse saw a slight change:

    But that ain't how it seems right here and now

The third and fourth lines of the second verse were slightly reworded:

    Help you understand
    The way that things are gonna be

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 Alan Cross from 102.1 CFNYFM The Edge in Toronto had this song "mysteriously show up" in his office. His description of this song is "Moody, slower. Great grind-y bass synth groove. A natural pick for a single!"[http://www.edge102.com/station/blog_ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?bid=8236]
+===Theories===
+The 'Good Soldier' could be the captain from the comic book style story portrayed in the 'One country at a time' website.
+The story tells of a captain in the Syrian campaign, who decided to return a 12 year-old Syrian girl to her relatives in Tadmur, against the wishes of his group. He believes that God(the Presence) wishes him to return this girl to her family, but when two members of his team die, he doubts his faith, attempts to attack the presence and is killed by "friendly fire."
 ===Trivia===
-A "Good Soldier" is another term for a samovar (a decorative metal tea dispensing device that resembles a keg and is traditionally used in Russia).
+A 'Good Soldier' is another term for a samovar (a decorative metal tea dispensing device that resembles a keg and is traditionally used in Russia).
 ==Appearances==