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Fallen Soldier

from Busy Waiting by After The Ibis

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lyrics

Ooh young boy, with the eyes of a child,
allowed to play with a grown man’s toy
Running wild and rewarded for violence
Young foolish boy, is this life a game -
building points when targets fall?
But there’s no rematch when it’s game over
We’ll shed a tear and sigh

One tear for the fallen soldier, we’ll just soldier on
One tear for the souls who never chose to sign on
Such a big man with your shoulders folded - knows he’d never take that fall
Won't cry for the fallen soldier, we’ll just soldier on

And we’ll sigh, oh we’ll join a chorus of sighs
for all those who fail to find
those healing, mending words lost in a troubled mind

Young frightened boy, just another pawn,
another set of limbs on strings
What gives his life purpose deems him worthless
to the big man pulling the strings,
sitting high so far from the firing line, sitting on a secret
He doesn’t dream of being the victor
'cause he knows like all those times before,
their one and only goal;
to keep this game going, going, going on and on

One tear for the fallen soldier, we’ll just soldier on
One tear for the souls who never chose to sign on
Such a big man with your shoulders folded - knows he’d never take that fall
Won't cry for the fallen soldier, we’ll just soldier on
One tear for the fallen soldier, we’ll just soldier on

One tear for the souls who never chose to sign on
Such a big man with your shoulders folded - knows he’d never take that fall
Won't cry for the fallen soldier, we’ll just soldier on

And we’ll sigh, oh we’ll join a chorus of sighs
for all those who fail to find
those healing, mending words lost in a troubled mind

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from Busy Waiting, released May 9, 2014

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After The Ibis Dublin, Ireland

After the Ibis are an 8-piece reggae band.

Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, After The Ibis have established a reputation that has seen them perform alongside the greats of Toots and the Maytals, Max Romeo, Third World, Tosh/Marley Band, The Skatalites and Junior Marvin.

Their hotly-anticipated début album "Busy waiting" launched in 2014 & available to purchase on bandcamp
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