As I Lie here dreaming the night away
Waiting for the dawn, ready to fight another day
The universal soldier that I have become
So far from home, from Dad and Mum
My Wife, my Children to them a stranger I have become
Not the man I once was to anyone
War changes men in so many ways
As we try to live through the coming days
Never knowing if each day will be our last
The Bombs, the Bullets come thick and fast
My comrades in arms each and everyone
To me a Brother, my one true friend they have become
On each other we completely rely
We have no one else when the enemy’s rounds begin to fly
A comrades hit, lay dying there
No time to be afraid, just show you care
Help where possible; risk your life to save his
As around you smoke and bullets whizz
For he would do the same for you
Because that in the end is what soldiers do?
Each death is greeted like a brother lost
Every day we have to count the cost
Sometimes you wonder will it be me today
But not long in the mind does that thought stay
You just bite your lip, put on your pack
Like a lifetime on your back
Contains all you need to see it through
Above all the courage inside of you
We fight, we party all as one
Because that is what we have become
A true fighting unit all for one and one for all
Together we stand, together we fall
Sadly some may not make it through
Take a lonely flight home, just thank God it’s not you
So when you awake tomorrow it’s the fallen comrades you are fighting for
I am a Universal Soldier for ever more
But as I dream of the ones I love
My fallen comrades in heaven above
I know I will do my duty, be what I am
A Soldier, a one true fearless man
I will give my life for my county if it’s my destiny
Be buried with the flag knowing I have made a better life for those who truly love me