| Anna Nalick – Soldier Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Found this interview http://www.fye.com/Anna-Nalick-Interview_stcVVcatId480258VVviewcat.htm And here's what Anna Nalick says about the song "Soldier": Bp: About these extra tracks. Since these are the 'new' ones for many folks, what can you tell me about them? Anna: One song, called "Soldier," I never wanted to put out. I think it's a beautiful song. It doesn't sound finished, which I like. It's just me being myself. I never wanted to release it only because two or three years ago when I was collecting songs for the first album, there were a lot of songs out that were about the war and about the soldiers and about the guys coming home and part of me felt like that's a really great way to comfort people. But then a part of me felt like it was a little bit of exploitation when it caught on and all of a sudden bands realized, 'Ok, this is the way to make money right now, because this is what people are feeling.' And then there were these songs that just seemed half-hearted but had that theme. And I thought, this song, my song, "Soldier," is very personal because it's about a boy that I know. The whole story is true. It's about a boy that I knew in high school who was ready to give up entirely and then met a girl who turned everything around for him. And now he's great. Now he's married and has a baby and is very happy. But I thought, 'I don't want to be in that category,' because what if that becomes the single and then I'm just one of those people that took a very opportunistic approach to what was going on at the time. |
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