I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I'm a soldier, znachit ya
(I'm a soldier, meaning that I'm)
I otvyetchik i sud'ya
(Both the defendent and the judge)
Ya stoyu na dvukh kontsakh ognya
(I'm standing on both sides of the fire)
Ogibaya virazhi, obgonyaya smyert' i zhizn'
(Leaning into the curves, outrunning life and death)
Ya byegu srazit'sya s tyen'yu lzhi
(I'm running to fight with the shadow of a lie)
skol'ko b nityey nye plyol obman
(No matter how many threads deception would weave)
pokazhyet lik svyeta istina
(truth will shine through like the light)
Save your tears
for the day
when the pain is far behind
on your feet
come with me
we are soldiers stand or die
Save your fears
take your place
save them for the judgement day
fast and free
follow me
time to make the sacrifice
we rise or fall
I'm a soldier, born to stand
in this waking hell I am
witnessing more than I can compute
pray myself we don't forget
lies, betrayed and the oppressed
please give me the strength to be the truth
people facing the fire together
if we don't, we'll lose all we have found
Save your tears
for the day
when the pain is far behind
on your feet
come with me
we are soldiers stand or die
Save your fears
take your place
save them for the judgement day
fast and free
follow me
time to make the sacrifice
we rise or fall
Za myechtoyu nakray propasti
(After a dream to the edge of a chasm)
Lish' tol'ko tak mozhno mir spasti
(Only that way can the world be saved)
Ty nye plach',
(Don't you cry,)
Slyozy spryach',
(Hide the tears,)
Ved' nastanyet novyy den'
(Because a new day will start)
Tvoy ogon'
(Your fire)
Sogryevat'
(Will warm)
Budyet tysyachi syerdets
(Thousands of hearts)
A syeychas podnimis'
(But now get up)
Spryach' podal'shye bol' i strakh
(Hide the pain and fear far)
Pobyedit tot, kto prav
(The one who's right will win)
Znay, chto vsyo v tvoikh rukakh
(Know that everything is in your hands)
Save your tears
for the day
when the pain is far behind
on your feet
come with me
we're not soldiers, end the lie
Save your fears
take your place
save them for the judgement day
fast and free
follow me
time to make the sacrifice
we rise or fall
(I'm a soldier, meaning that I'm)
I otvyetchik i sud'ya
(Both the defendent and the judge)
Ya stoyu na dvukh kontsakh ognya
(I'm standing on both sides of the fire)
Ogibaya virazhi, obgonyaya smyert' i zhizn'
(Leaning into the curves, outrunning life and death)
Ya byegu srazit'sya s tyen'yu lzhi
(I'm running to fight with the shadow of a lie)
skol'ko b nityey nye plyol obman
(No matter how many threads deception would weave)
pokazhyet lik svyeta istina
(truth will shine through like the light)
Save your tears
for the day
when the pain is far behind
on your feet
come with me
we are soldiers stand or die
Save your fears
take your place
save them for the judgement day
fast and free
follow me
time to make the sacrifice
we rise or fall
I'm a soldier, born to stand
in this waking hell I am
witnessing more than I can compute
pray myself we don't forget
lies, betrayed and the oppressed
please give me the strength to be the truth
people facing the fire together
if we don't, we'll lose all we have found
Save your tears
for the day
when the pain is far behind
on your feet
come with me
we are soldiers stand or die
Save your fears
take your place
save them for the judgement day
fast and free
follow me
time to make the sacrifice
we rise or fall
Za myechtoyu nakray propasti
(After a dream to the edge of a chasm)
Lish' tol'ko tak mozhno mir spasti
(Only that way can the world be saved)
Ty nye plach',
(Don't you cry,)
Slyozy spryach',
(Hide the tears,)
Ved' nastanyet novyy den'
(Because a new day will start)
Tvoy ogon'
(Your fire)
Sogryevat'
(Will warm)
Budyet tysyachi syerdets
(Thousands of hearts)
A syeychas podnimis'
(But now get up)
Spryach' podal'shye bol' i strakh
(Hide the pain and fear far)
Pobyedit tot, kto prav
(The one who's right will win)
Znay, chto vsyo v tvoikh rukakh
(Know that everything is in your hands)
Save your tears
for the day
when the pain is far behind
on your feet
come with me
we're not soldiers, end the lie
Save your fears
take your place
save them for the judgement day
fast and free
follow me
time to make the sacrifice
we rise or fall
Lyrics submitted by deviationer, edited by evgeniy102, dmitryguitar, TokenOracle
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