A Soldiers Duty - Andy Bandlord Bissell

A Soldiers Duty Lyrics

A SOLDIERS DUTY
HE STOOD, HALF A LEAN,
AGAINST A GREAT WHITE OAK.
HIS FACE PALE, COMPLEX WITH FEAR.
RIFLE HELD IN HIS HAND, UNKNOWINGLY.
UNAWARE, THAT HE WAS EVEN HERE.
THE PAIN HE HAD WITNESSED NOW INVADED HIM.
THE SCREAMS REMAINED, WITHIN HIS MIND.
THE SHOCK OF IT ALL HAD NOW TAKEN HIM.
THE SELFISHNESS, OF ONE KILLING ONES OWN KIND.
HIS TORN CLOTHING REVEALED THE BLOODSTAINS,
OF BOTH FOE AND THOSE AT HIS SIDE.
MOUTH AGAPE AT THE HORROR HE WAS A PART OF.
SUDDENLY, STRIPPED OF HIS PRIDE.

NO, IT WASN'T HIS INTENTION TO COME HERE.
IT WAS A SERVICE; HIS COUNTRY SAID WAS TO BE.
HE'D BEEN PLACED IN A SITUATION,
ROBBED, OF HIS SANITY.
HE COULD NO LONGER ADJUST TO SOCIETY.
THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT LINGERING FEAR.
HIS GOVERNMENT DENIED RESPONSIBILITY, STATING ONLY,
"A SOLDIERS DUTY IS OBVIOUSLY CLEAR."
Denied, the screams in his mind.
Denied, stripped of his pride.
Denied, responsibility.
Denied, Robbed of his sanity.
© BANDLORD PUBLICATIONS 2016 - SOCAN
Lyrics and Music by Andy “Bandlord” Bissell
Lyrics Submitted by Andy Bissell