Smoke Ring Days: Music

Frontline

(Smoke Ring Days)

February 23, 2005

Psychedelic instrumental intro opens this song about the horrors
of making war. This is a ten minute song with a five
minute intro.

Wasn't born to be a soldier
Wasn't raised to raise a hand
But they said to fight If you think you're
right
Take a side and make a stand

How we wound up on the
frontline
I can't seem to figure out
Can we ever win, or will we give in
To this troubled war of doubt

Yeah, this war of doubt

Well, they teach you to climb backwards
So you won't see when you fall
And that's good to know,
'Cause the way things go
Sometimes I can't move at all

For I fear that with the next step
I may end up less than alive
So I stay in place
And I rest my case
On the cause to just survive

And I just survive

I'm on the frontline, I'm falling out

Wasn't born to be a soldier
Wasn't raised to raise a hand
But I learned to fight
And to feel what's right
And I know now where we stand

Will I die here on the frontline
Not of loss of blood, but of pride
Well, I'll hold my ground
'Til they take me down
Never join the other side

Yeah, there's just one side

I'm on the frontline, I'm falling out