Toy Soldier

(album: An Unlikely Origin Story - 2021)

Follow the march of the battle drum
And bury the questions where they came from

Just pretend if I'm starting to regret it tomorrow
Killing it all
Push it back down every time but still I felt it rise from the trenches the stolen happy endings I chased

Cause I can't conquer this without you
These bullets still won't get through

But I'm still crashing down cause there's more walls I need to break through

I do this to myself every time
Cause that's the only way that I survive

So Cover up my flaws
And run when you hear my call in the night

Cause lately I've been caught in the middle and I'm just Getting older

Will you be there to stop my fall
I know you've seen it all in my eyes

So break down the lies cause I know that
I could never be the toy soldier

I followed our path, you became my home
Now artillery fire casts your shadow
Through the fragments that we lost
I traded love for fame, despite the cost

When did our love turn to sacrifice, I try
But these broken wings won't fly
Without someone to make it right
I'll leave the city just to make it back tonight

Cause I can't conquer this without you
These bullets still won't get through

But I'm still crashing down cause there's more walls I need to break through

I do this to myself every time
Cause that's the only way that I survive

So Cover up my flaws
And run when you hear my call in the night

Cause lately I've been caught in the middle and I'm just Getting older

Will you be there to stop my fall
I know you've seen it all in my eyes

So break down the lies cause I know that
I could never be the toy soldier

Act your age
Cause the world will not change
For a child with a cape

Your savior awaits
In the fields where you once learned that you could fly

Manhattan lights they spoke, they told you that all these things will come in time

Ships in the night, they wrote, and they said that love shines auburn in the night

Manhattan lights they spoke, they told you that all these things will come in time

So don't lose sight, you'll change a life
You'll change a life

So Cover up my flaws
And run when you hear my call in the night

Cause lately I've been caught in the middle and I'm just Getting older

Will you be there to stop my fall
I know you've seen it all in my eyes

So break down the lies cause I know that
I could never be the toy soldier