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 

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