Good Soldier

[Hook: Mackenzie Gault] Today, you don't have to be a soldier Don't have to be a soldier, stand down It's 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 don't fight fair? What's bald in the morning, but in the evening has white hairs? What's 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 politician's mistake And what's 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 don't have to be a soldier Don't have to be a soldier, stand down It's okay to be as you were Be as you were again [Verse 2: Brer Rabbit] Am I a woman-raised man-machine damaging everything I touch by not caring enough or too much? Am I a far-flung fantasy setting free enmity And making friends from enemies and bridges for the in-betweens? 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 slow-moed Enough of the back to face front Let those in the pack of the race run I'm 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 treasure's right here [Jonny 5] And what's 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 don't have to be a soldier Don't have to be a soldier, stand down It's okay to be as you were Be as you were again