I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(I'm the one who they call
when the times get hard)
Yeah, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(When times get hard, I'm who they call)
When my back's against the wall,
I won't break and I won't fall, I'm a soldier
I know how it feels to be caught in the rain,
going to war in your brain
When depression is staring
you right in the face and anxiety's
Grabbing you making you shake,
but there's people depending on you
To be great, so you hide
all the feelings and push them away
It's too hard trying to mix it all with the pain,
I'm drinking to cool off
And it's all in my veins,
I'm making these new songs
to move on and restrain
From grabbing a sawed-off
and going to cock it and aim
At these nuanced, influenced people
who shame the role that a man
Has to play as a husband,
a father, a brother, a son
Who is serve 'n' protecting his family's name
They laugh in your face
when you try to explain or express
Then tell you they love you without
any loyalty, patience or basic respect
Then expect you to smile every day
while it eats at your mind and your soul
And your flesh and you work and you
wither away 'til the day that you can't
And you're broken and nothing is left
and you're old and you can't even
My pronouns are he/him/his,
my job is to feed these kids
Be strong, keep feelings within,
my papa taught me to protect the weak
A man ain't what he got,
a man is what he gives
and when he gives it all
And it still ain't enough,
then he's the one to blame
and no-one gives a shit
Never leave a man behind,
we all crack and break
within the hands of time
I got a axe to grind
with anybody tryna identify as a guy
If they chromosomes ain't XY,
you will never understand
What it's like for a man,
gotta fight with your hands
Wanna cry, but you can't if it's right for the fam
You will tighten your pants,
provide and romance
You would die where you stand,
gotta be the bigger man
When there's problems,
get judged by the money in your wallet
It's our fault, let's be honest,
we built the world that labeled us, "Toxic"
Gotta lead and teach and keep the peace
and fight the fires and be police
When a man gets tired
he don't lay down to sleep
He take all the heat,
don't complain or retreat
It's a cold world and it's hard times
and our children inherit the land
If you think that being a boy
is just picking a pronoun,
you should try being
A dad, you could build all the houses
and fix all the cars
and work 'til it's Breaking your back,
but the hardest job world? Being a man
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(When times get hard, I'm who they call)
(I'm the one who they call
when the times get hard)
When my back's against the wall,
I won't break and I won't fall
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier(I go to war for my dogs)
(I'm a give you my all just don't break my heart)
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
[Verse 3: Dax]
Battling feelings I can't even show,
weight of the world on my shoulders
Is crushing my people around me,
they don't even know we
I put on this cape, then go save everybody
while I'm being shattered
And all of my bones take
on the pressure of being the hero who saves
But has no-one help with his own,
Demons inside that try to eat him alive
I'm going insane and
when I'm out my mind,
I look at stars and
Talk to God in the sky, I wait on his words,
but I don't get a reply
I try to refrain from diving deep,
so, I hold back tears that try to come
Out my eyes in this world as a man,
where we know we can't cry
'Cause the people
we love look in us to confide
So, I'm silently screaming for help,
life is a battle inside of these trenches
Especially when fighting it all by yourself,
PTSD from the memories
People who left you for dead
and then drag you through Hell
Leaving you shocked deep inside
of a shell with stories you hate
But nobody to tell while you question
God if your soul, you should sell
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(When times get hard, I'm who they call)
(I'm the one who they call
when the times get hard)
When my back's against the wall,
I won't break and I won't fall
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier(I go to war for my dogs)
(I'm a give you my all just don't break my heart)
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(I'm the one who they call
when the times get hard)
Yeah, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(When times get hard, I'm who they call)
When my back's against the wall,
I won't break and I won't fall, I'm a soldier
I know how it feels to be caught in the rain,
going to war in your brain
When depression is staring
you right in the face and anxiety's
Grabbing you making you shake,
but there's people depending on you
To be great, so you hide
all the feelings and push them away
It's too hard trying to mix it all with the pain,
I'm drinking to cool off
And it's all in my veins,
I'm making these new songs
to move on and restrain
From grabbing a sawed-off
and going to cock it and aim
At these nuanced, influenced people
who shame the role that a man
Has to play as a husband,
a father, a brother, a son
Who is serve 'n' protecting his family's name
They laugh in your face
when you try to explain or express
Then tell you they love you without
any loyalty, patience or basic respect
Then expect you to smile every day
while it eats at your mind and your soul
And your flesh and you work and you
wither away 'til the day that you can't
And you're broken and nothing is left
and you're old and you can't even
My pronouns are he/him/his,
my job is to feed these kids
Be strong, keep feelings within,
my papa taught me to protect the weak
A man ain't what he got,
a man is what he gives
and when he gives it all
And it still ain't enough,
then he's the one to blame
and no-one gives a shit
Never leave a man behind,
we all crack and break
within the hands of time
I got a axe to grind
with anybody tryna identify as a guy
If they chromosomes ain't XY,
you will never understand
What it's like for a man,
gotta fight with your hands
Wanna cry, but you can't if it's right for the fam
You will tighten your pants,
provide and romance
You would die where you stand,
gotta be the bigger man
When there's problems,
get judged by the money in your wallet
It's our fault, let's be honest,
we built the world that labeled us, "Toxic"
Gotta lead and teach and keep the peace
and fight the fires and be police
When a man gets tired
he don't lay down to sleep
He take all the heat,
don't complain or retreat
It's a cold world and it's hard times
and our children inherit the land
If you think that being a boy
is just picking a pronoun,
you should try being
A dad, you could build all the houses
and fix all the cars
and work 'til it's Breaking your back,
but the hardest job world? Being a man
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(When times get hard, I'm who they call)
(I'm the one who they call
when the times get hard)
When my back's against the wall,
I won't break and I won't fall
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier(I go to war for my dogs)
(I'm a give you my all just don't break my heart)
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
[Verse 3: Dax]
Battling feelings I can't even show,
weight of the world on my shoulders
Is crushing my people around me,
they don't even know we
I put on this cape, then go save everybody
while I'm being shattered
And all of my bones take
on the pressure of being the hero who saves
But has no-one help with his own,
Demons inside that try to eat him alive
I'm going insane and
when I'm out my mind,
I look at stars and
Talk to God in the sky, I wait on his words,
but I don't get a reply
I try to refrain from diving deep,
so, I hold back tears that try to come
Out my eyes in this world as a man,
where we know we can't cry
'Cause the people
we love look in us to confide
So, I'm silently screaming for help,
life is a battle inside of these trenches
Especially when fighting it all by yourself,
PTSD from the memories
People who left you for dead
and then drag you through Hell
Leaving you shocked deep inside
of a shell with stories you hate
But nobody to tell while you question
God if your soul, you should sell
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier
(When times get hard, I'm who they call)
(I'm the one who they call
when the times get hard)
When my back's against the wall,
I won't break and I won't fall
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier,
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier(I go to war for my dogs)
(I'm a give you my all just don't break my heart)
I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier