In the land of freedom
Of borders and wars
The soldier of fortune must stand at the door
Young and naive, just started to live
No more than a boy
But his life he must give
For a much higher cause
Or so they say
And be fortunate enough
To live through the day
The boy in the man
Is crying in pain
I want to go back to my
Old life again
I don’t want to chase little kids in the ally
I don’t want to lie in a ditch
On my belly
I just want to live and see how things go
I don’t want to die at twenty or so
For a much higher cause
Or so they say
And be fortunate enough
To live through the day
And yet like the past
And present and such
The soldier of fortune is standing untouched
And like those before him
He will stand cry and fall
And another will come to fill in the hole
And even myself unfortunately
Had the soldier of fortune
Embedded in me
For a much higher cause
Or so they say
May he be fortunate enough
To live through the day
May we all be fortunate enough
To live through the day
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