[Chorus] 

Today, You don't have to be a soldier 

Don't have to be a soldier, stand down 

It's okay to be as you were 

Be as you were again. 



Is it a scheme? Is it a Vision? 

Is it a dream? Is it a nightmare? 

Or is it a competition? 

And if it is, what if we don't fight fair? 

What's bald in the morning but in the evening has white hairs? 

What's the cause of global warming and could it be these things right here? 

I've got an idea that might not reach anyone for another light year 

Got a hit list and a cloud of witnesses which is pricier 

My tears are mightier than my fears 



So mighty Earth provides me hurt that I keep buried until I convert it to writing 

I was wounded 

I was injured 

I was made to move to Denver 

I was taken through a new adventure 

Paint stripped from it's first fixture 

I was placed in another picture 

I was rushed to a new landscape 



And ripped away from family scraped into a politicians mistake 

And what's left of talents in chests beneath oceans 

Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged 

A world of emotions 

A guess that it might be okay 

That it could be all right if expressed today 



[Chorus] 



Am I a woman raised man-machine 

Damaging everything I touch by not caring enough 

Or too much 

Am I far flung fantasy 

Setting free enmity 

And making friends from enemies 

And bridges for the in-between's 



For the highwayman on a low road 

The tired back with a large load 

The trials spanned till I found hope 

And I found more 

When I slo mo'ed 

Enough of the back to face front 

Let those in the pack of the race run 

I'm needing an evener pace one too hasty 

Makes mistakes 

Can you carry a song 

As strong as your arms can bear 

That you keep from harm 

And it will be there 

When you go wrong 

Make a heart from your bond 

Your treasure is right here 



And what's left of talents in chests beneath oceans 

Welled up behind eyelids has yet to be salvaged 

A world of emotions 

A guess that it might be okay 

That it could be all right if expressed today 



[Chorus x2]