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| versions =The Good Soldier<br>The Good Soldier (Instrumental)<br>The Good Soldier: Sam Fog
| live =[[Performance 2007]] through [[NIN 2013 Festival Tour]]<br>[[Europe + Asia 2018]] through present[[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]
}}'''"The Good Soldier"''' is the fourth track on the 2007 release ''[[Year Zero]]''. The chorus of this song includes the line "I Am Trying To Believe."
A similar drum sound set and beat were used in a live reworked performance of "[[Reptile#Live|Reptile]]" with [[Peter Murphy]] in Boston, Massachusetts on [[2006/06/23 Boston, MA (Radio show)|June 23, 2006]]. While this song appears on ''[[The Definitive NIN - The Singles]]'', it was never released as a single or promo.
The "Good Soldier" could be the captain from the comic book portrayed at the website [[One Country At A Time]].
==Live==
"The Good Soldier" was played live for the first time on [[2007/05/09 Sydney, Australia|May 9, 2007]] at Luna Park in Sydney, Australia, on the [[Performance 2007]] tour, and continued as a regular for the rest of that tour. On the [[Lights in the Sky Tour]], "The Good Soldier" appeared as an encore in about half of the shows, appearing more regularly as the tour went on. "The Good Soldier" appeared infrequently on the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]], and was only played twice on the [[NIN 2013-2014|''Hesitation Marks'' touring cycle]]. It also made a few appearances throughout 2018.
==Lyrics==