Who wants to know?
All that is gold, is rusted
No one will know
Seasons cease, to change, and

How far we've gone
How far we're going
So here and the now
And the love for the sound
Are the moments that keep us moving

Waves crash along
Battered lonely lighthouse
Tomorrow she's gone
And if not, some, they somehow
Are, these, hands, always

Well this side of, mortality is
Scaring, me, to death
To death

Don't think about it at all
Just keep your head low
Don't think about it at all

Soldier on
Soldier on
Keep your heart, close to the ground
Soldier on
Soldier on
Keep your heart, close, to the ground

Don't think about it at all
Just keep your head low
Don't think about it at all

Yeah
Will you take me tonight
Yeah
Will you take me tonight
Yeah
Will you take me tonight

Yeah
Will you take me tonight
Tonight

Soldier on
Soldier on
Keep your heart, close to the ground



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"Soldier On" as written by Lorenzo Sillito Jonathon Aherne

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    General Comment:"Will you take me tonight" ...funny song. I'm quite sure s/he will tonight as s/he's done every other night. Then again, there's always last call. "Soldier on." Don't we all...
    Flag IllToast2Thaton January 08, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:So, I've listened to this song on repeat for like a month and this is what i take from it. (I'm sorry it's so long)

    "who wants to know
    all that is gold is rusting"
    ~'To me, this is just says that no one wants to see the things or people they once viewed as strong and unchangable looking weak or defeated. Especially since the rest of the song has a tone of fear and aprehension, the singer is saying that strength is especially needed at the moment.'

    "no one will know
    seasons cease to change and..
    how far we've gone
    how far we're going"
    ~' This whole part alludes to a place of darkness and not knowing 'no one will know seasons cease to change'. The singer is saying that metaphorically. Literally, when you can't see the seasons change, you're trapped indoors and can't see the real world. 'How far we've gone or are going' shows this darkness that they don't know where they're at or where they're headed.'


    "so here and the now
    and the love for the sound
    of the moments that keep us moving"
    ~'So the singer is focusing on the present and just moving forward however they can. Whatever their motivation is, they're urging themselves or others to just concentrate on that motivation and press forward through the fear.'

    "waves crash along
    the battered, lonely lighthouse"
    ~'Lighthouses guide people, and since this one is battered and lonely, it's probably been abandoned. The singer is again referencing to the lack of guidance on this journey. The waves are tides of life, like the daily troubles that change our plans and directions as we sail through life.'

    "tomorrow she's gone
    and if not, someday somehow"
    ~'He's foreshadowing death of someone he loves or thinks about.'

    "are these hands a waste"
    ~'This feels like the most emotional line in the song. The singer feels helpless. There's nothing he can do to stop them from dying, possibly they're sick or in battle and danger or something.'

    "well this side of mortality is
    scaring me to death"
    ~'He realizes his own mortality as well as worries about theirs. "This side of mortality"- the side where life ends and leaves the living broken in the wake of the death. Also how we only get one life and there really isn't all that much we can do with it unless we're brilliant. Many of us are destined to die unfullfilled in the eyes of history and time.'

    "don't think about it at all
    just keep your head low"
    ~'You can't go through life just fearing death and loss. Just keep your head down and avoid bad thoughts to reach that goal that you're moving in the darkness for.'

    "soldier on, soldier on"
    ~'I think this line is actually very easy. Soldier on is just saying 'be strong', 'fight your war', 'protect your comrades', 'kill the enemy', all the things soldiers bravely do, but apply it to your own life and strifes.

    "keep your heart close to the ground"
    ~'Two meanings again, literally, a Soldier needs to keep their heart close to the ground when they're crawling to avoid gunfire. Metaphorically, this probably means, stay grounded. Don't give your heart away too easily because it only leads to hurt and loss.'

    "yeah, will you take me tonight"
    ~'This is the tricky line. I'm sure it means that the singer has gained their confidence. The tempo picks up and there's a crescendo. He feels ready to face whatever's coming. This could be two things. He's ready to let that girl he spoke of earlier into his heart, or he's ready to accept death and the fact that it will come someday.'

    So there. Very deep song, very long interpretation.
    Flag Toni75on March 10, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Well, I don't think it's about LOVE.
    I think this is all about LIFE.

    I think the song's meaning is all about the inevitability of death and about us, facing it.

    Death, is inevitable:
    "tomorrow she's gone", gone stands for dead.
    "all that is gold is rusting", life perishing.
    "will you take me tonigh?", he's talking directly to Death (personification), asking if she's gonna come tonight, to take (kill) him.

    What can we do?
    "soldier on", no explanation required here.
    "keep your heart close to the ground", I guess anyone has to find his own answer here.


    Wonderful song ;)
    Flag houdon October 06, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:heard this for the first time today. chilllllllls. i have a feeling they'll become a new favorite band
    Flag kimberon March 10, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This has to be one of the most beautiful songs, their live performance of this last night was incredible... by far the best of their songs. It's most likely not at all what the song was intended to mean, but for me it reminds me of destructive relationships and domestic violence. There is a mixture of fear and love and disappointment, of a love that was beautiful and 'gold' becoming horribly 'rusted'. 'Don't think about it at all just keep your head low' and 'keep your heart close to the ground' simply make me think of those caught up in such violence, where love prohibits victims from seeking help to alleviate abuse, and the hearts and spirits are effectively trodden on and worn down.
    Flag bohogalon November 03, 2010   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:Unbelievable song...3:50 is just amaizng.

    Agree with pretty much everything said so far. I think "keep your heart close to the ground" is about hiding his feelings and trying not to get hurt.
    Flag Wipqoznon November 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song would be great if it played in Dexter. If/when he ever gets caught. It just makes me think of a montage of the following events..
    Flag Kris397on October 13, 2010   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:Sometimes a song comes along with tones and mysterious lyrics that lends dignity to an otherwise train wreck of a situation with a loved one.
    Flag Hilladelphiaon May 19, 2010   Link
  • +3
    Song Meaning:the too long didn't read version

    Things in life change regardless of what you do. It is written "all that is gold is rusted", and even though literally Gold cannot rust, when it comes to the fragility of human existence, there is no such thing as a "Gold" moment, because (as stated earlier) everything will change.
    Flag niikon May 11, 2010   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation:I take it as he was seriously in love with a girl, but she broke his heart. All that is gold is rusted. Nothing good remains of his love of her. They've come so far, but are going no where. HE is the battered lonely lighthouse. Tomorrow she's gone. and the mortality he's speaking of is how he feels dead without her, and it scares him so much. He doesn't want to think about it, because he wants to be able to move on and be free again...free of the pain. He has to keep going, and "soldier on". He asks her to take him, because he can't resist, but he must. He must stop thinking about her, and soldier on.
    Flag MaryJanexoon March 24, 2010   Link

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