I Was a Soldier

from This Pilgrim Way by A Horse & His Boy

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I was a soldier when I was a child
First I was foolish, then I was wise
Oh, for the sorrows I have seen with these eyes
They flow like bloodstreams in the river so mild

I have seen metal pierce skin and bone
I have seen corpses withered and cold
Some were still infants, some weathered and old
And though I am wounded, I am not alone

I have seen fire, and I have seen flood
I have seen evil, and I have seen good
Both sides have suffered on the field where I stood
I crawled from the fallout and rolled in the blood

I was a soldier when I was a child
Some foes were human, and some were divine
But I am my Lover’s, and my Lover is mine
I find my solace with the One who is wild

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from This Pilgrim Way, released October 15, 2012

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A Horse & His Boy Nashville, Tennessee

A Horse & His Boy sprang from the mind of Seth Harper (with some help from a few scrappy Narnians). In 2010 he released TRILOGY, an adventure story in miniature, to the acclaim of about half a dozen people. He nearly doubled his following in 2012 with his first full-length album, THIS PILGRIM WAY, a record that reached across time and space to examine the survival of the human heart. ... more

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