Soldier Of Misfortune
© 1999 Jim Rivers
Real Audio Sample ( 37sec)

A step too far will cross the line 
Chasing shadows in the mind 
It's a long way to go and rare peace of mind 
You and your demons, me and mine 

Come back to the fold, you're out of control 
What have you won and what was the toll 
On your soul 
Soldier of misfortune 

Now you've been out there for too long 
Reasons change the right and wrong 
In the still of the night, crawling along 
Do you know that life goes on 

Come back to the fold, you're out of control 
What have you won and what was the toll 
On your soul 
Soldier of misfortune

Do you know that life goes on
Soldier of misfortune

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A rock song about holding on to what bothers us for so long that we begin to believe that those feelings define us.

There was a man who was proud of his twisted feelings. He loved what he hated and hated what he loved. How did this all begin? We are all on our own missions and to the outside world we must present a hard shell. But what pain first invaded the tender insides creating layer on layer of defenses and justifications to create this black pearl? At what point does the confusion force it's own confrontation with the need to reconcile the past with future? And who will invite the stranger to put aside the dark perceptions? To live again in an unsure present with the rest of us? And if we can learn the way to help the stranger inside others, can we then help the stranger in ourselves?