[Chorus: Dax]

I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (I'm the one who they call when the times get hard), yeah

I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (When times get hard), I'm a soldier (I'm who they call)

I'm a soldier, when my back's against the wall

I won't break and I won't fall, I'm a soldier

[Verse 1: Dax]

I know how it feels to be caught in the rain, goin' to war in your brain

When depression is starin' you right in the face and anxiety's grabbin' you, makin' you shake

But there's people dependin' on you to be great

So you hide all the feelings and push 'em away

It's too hard tryna mix it all with the pain

I'm drinkin' to cool off, and it's all in my veins

I'm makin' these new songs to move on and restrain

From grabbin' a sawed-off and goin' to cock it and aim

At these nuanced, influenced people who shame

The role that a man has to play

As a husband, a father, a brother, a son

Who is servin', protectin' his family's name

They laugh in your face when you try to explain or express

Then tell you they love you without any loyalty, patience, or basic respect

Then expect you to smile every day while it eats at your mind and your soul and your flesh

And you work and you wither away 'til the day that you can't

And you're broken and nothin' is left and you're old and you can't even

[Chorus: Dax]

I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (When times get hard), I'm a soldier (I'm who they call)

I'm a soldier (I'm the one who they call when the times get hard)

When my back's against the wall, I won't break and I won't fall, I'm a soldier

(I go to war for my dogs) I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (I'ma give you my all, just don't break my heart)

I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier

[Verse 2: Tom MacDonald]

My pronouns are he/him/his

My job is to feed these kids, be strong, keep feelings within

My papa taught me to protect the weak, a man ain't what he got, a man is what he gives

And when he gives it all and it still ain't enough, then he's the one to blame and no one gives a shit

Never leave a man behind

We all crack and break within the hands of time

I got an axe to grind

With anybody tryna identify as a guy if they chromosomes ain't XY

You will never understand what it's like for a man

Gotta fight with your hands, wanna cry, but you can't

If it's right for the fam, you will tighten your pants

Provide and romance, you would die where you stand

Gotta be the bigger man when there's problems, get judged by the money in your wallet

It's our fault, let's be honest, we built the world that labeled us, "Toxic"

Gotta lead and teach and keep the peace and fight the fires and be police

When a man gets tired, he don't lay down to sleep, he take all the heat, don't complain or retreat

It's a cold world and it's hard times and our children inherit the land

If you think that being a boy is just picking a pronoun, you should try being a dad

You could build all the houses and fix all the cars and work 'til you're breaking your back

But the hardest job world? Being a man

[Chorus: Dax]

I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (When times get hard), I'm a soldier (I'm who they call)

I'm a soldier (I'm the one who they call when the times get hard)

When my back's against the wall, I won't break and I won't fall, I'm a soldier

(I go to war for my dogs) I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (I'ma give you my all, just don't break my heart)

I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier

[Verse 3: Dax]

Battlin' feelings I can't even show

Weight of the world on my shoulders is crushin' me, people around me, they don't even know

I put on this cape, then go save everybody while I'm bein' shattered and all of my bones

Take on the pressure of bein' the hero who saves but has no one help with his own

Demons inside that try to eat him alive

I'm goin' insane and when I'm out my mind

I look at stars and talk to God in the sky

I wait on His words, but I don't get a reply

I try to refrain from divin' deep, so I

Hold back tears that try to come out my eyes

In this world as a man, where we know we can't cry

'Cause the people we love look in us to confide, so I'm

Silently screamin' for help

Life is a battle inside of these trenches, especially when fightin' it all by yourself

PTSD from the memories, people who left you for dead and then drag you through Hell

Leavin' you shocked deep inside of a shell, with stories you hate but nobody to tell

While you question God if your soul you should sell

[Chorus: Dax]

I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (When times get hard), I'm a soldier (I'm who they call)

I'm a soldier (I'm the one who they call when the times get hard)

When my back's against the wall, I won't break and I won't fall, I'm a soldier

(I go to war for my dogs) I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier (I'ma give you my all, just don't break my heart)

I'm a soldier, I'm a soldier

I'm a soldier