"Lonely Soldier" as written by and Damien George Rice....
Lonely soldier go home
Lonely, but never alone
Good eyes see nothing to shoot
Good feet feel good giving up good boots
So ask your father how'd you fall
Ask your father how'd you fall
Like a leaf sitting on the ground
Good for nothing 'cept kicking around
She died with her hands stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with her mind full of doubt
And thoughts of weakening
So may your river never dry
And may your mouth never lie
And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die
So where'd you get those cuts in your hand
I thought I told you about playing in the sand
There's always someone careless with glass
There's always questions you don't want to ask.
She died with her hands stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with her mind full of doubt
And thoughts of weakening
So may your river never dry
And may your mouth never lie
And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die
So lonely soldier go home
Lonely, but never alone
Good eyes see nothing to shoot
Good feet feel good giving up good boots
Lonely, but never alone
Good eyes see nothing to shoot
Good feet feel good giving up good boots
So ask your father how'd you fall
Ask your father how'd you fall
Like a leaf sitting on the ground
Good for nothing 'cept kicking around
She died with her hands stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with her mind full of doubt
And thoughts of weakening
So may your river never dry
And may your mouth never lie
And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die
So where'd you get those cuts in your hand
I thought I told you about playing in the sand
There's always someone careless with glass
There's always questions you don't want to ask.
She died with her hands stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with her mind full of doubt
And thoughts of weakening
So may your river never dry
And may your mouth never lie
And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die
So lonely soldier go home
Lonely, but never alone
Good eyes see nothing to shoot
Good feet feel good giving up good boots
Lyrics submitted by spastic_kitty
"Lonely Soldier" as written by Damien George Rice
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is so obviosly about someone trying to kill herself and then suceeding:
'So where'd you get those cuts in your hand
I thought I told you about playing in the sand
There's always someone careless with glass
There's always questions you don't want to ask.'
and then she dies:
'She died with her hands stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with her mind full of doubt'
and he doesnt know why she wanted to die:
'And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die'
Its a really powerfull song - i love it!
“Lonely Soldier” came about in 2004, around the time of an anti—Iraq War campaign in Ireland. The U.S. was using Shannon Airport there for military planes, and a lot of Irish people were not very happy about that. So I did my best to imagine being a soldier and what it would be like to shoot someone I don’t know–in particular, to kill an innocent woman who had startled me while in action. This is how I was able to connect, because it’s mostly men and testosterone and ego that go off to war and fight and kill, and it’s mostly women and children who die. I would love for women to rise up and balance the energy on the planet some more. It’s all a bit cock driven right now–bring on the era of the bosom.
I LOVE @nothin_unusual_22's interpretation though. 'Tis the beauty of art; interpretation is part of the appreciation.
the part about dieing with a hungry mouth and all that is war torn people suffering
and the part about the lonely soldier is about a man who sees war for what it is ,as a horrible thing
his eyes are now pure and loving so he sees nothing to shoot , not his enemies not anything
and his feet still good and able to fight
feel like giving up as a personal choice not as an injury
and the part about being lonely is I think about how he is either stressed about what he has donein the war and he's locked himsel away in his mind but hes not alone because his comrads are with him
or he is done fighting and he is never alone because he cannot forget what has happened and is accompanied by his memories
One of his best!!!
Good for nothing 'cept kicking around
oh and i pretty much agree with nothin unusual 22..
kinda hard to read tho =/