Everything carries weight
Everything is the same
Within us, all together

Everything carries weight
Everything is the same
And we are all together

I can't keep my head up
I'd like to step on my friends
Step on my friend
But I can't keep my head my head up
I can't seem to keep my head

Could it be we got lost in the summer?
Well I know you know that it's over
But you're still in
Treading water

But you're still in
Treading water

(Keep my head)
(Keep my head)
(I can't keep my head)

I'd hate to seem so shallow
I'd like to get deeper in
Swim deeper in
But I can't find the water
I can't seem to find my way

Could it be we got lost in the summer?
Well I know you know that it's over
But you're still in
Treading water

But you're still in

I can't keep my head above ground (I can't keep my head above ground, can't keep my head)
I can't keep my head above ground (I can't keep my head above ground, can't keep my head)
I can't keep

I can't keep my head above ground (I can't keep my head above ground, can't keep my head)
I can't keep my head above ground (I can't keep my head above ground, can't keep my head)
I can't keep

But you're still in
Treading water

Could it be we got lost in the summer?
Well I know you know that it's over
But you're still in
Treading water

You can drift along
You've got the time
The rest of us will live and die
Like plastic soldiers
Only growing older

You can drift along
You've got the time
The rest of us will live and die
Like plastic soldiers
Only growing older

You can drift along
You've got the time
The rest of us will live and die
Like plastic soldiers
Only growing older


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Plastic Soldiers Lyrics as written by John Baldwin Gourley Brian Joseph Burton

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    I think that a lot of the songs on this album have little meaning without taking the other songs in context. There is so much lyrical repetition from song to song, especially front and back. I feel like its the most organized album I've listened to in a while. The most obvious instance of that being Plastic Soldier, the 1st song, ending: "You can drift along You've got the time The rest of us will live and die Like plastic soldiers Only growing older" And Smile, the last song, ending: "I'd like to try to forget the times have changed And we all live and die Like plastic soldiers never growing older" There's an obvious change in mood, and a lot going on in between. My favorite being the concept of "It's not that I'm evil" (Creep in a T-shirt and Evil Friends) at the start, to "I just want to be evil" (Purple Yellow Red and Blue) at the end. What a wonderful album, and the best birthday gift ever.

    SkanadianIceon August 23, 2013   Link

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