We'll never settle on the reasons why
I've been afraid for all my life to try
I have always tried to recognize the way you feel
But I can't deny
The way I've been a fool for far too long
You've been a soldier to me
You've been the fighter all along
You take everything you have inside
and dedicate it to make everything right
Minstrel and mercenary, I am just the dancing fool
while you're on the line
But oh, babe
I've been a fool for one last time
You've been a soldier to me
I'll be a soldier in kind
And you had my back when I fell, so hard
Carried me out of that flaming hell, uncharred
Then so I lived to sing another hymn
Still by your side while the world grew dim
So here we are at the edge of our lives
Still singing hymns and sharpening knives
Minstrel and mercenary, I still am a dancing fool
and you're still on the line
But oh, baby
I'll be a fool for one more time
You've been a soldier to me
I'll be a soldier in kind
