Soldier Of Fortune
Wandering Hearts: A Soldier's Journey through Love and Time
Lyrics
I have often told you stories about the way
I have often shared stories about my experiences
I lived the life of a drifter
Describing a transient lifestyle
Waiting for the day
Awaiting a significant moment
When I'd take your hand and sing you songs
Expressing a desire to be close and share music
Then maybe you would say
Hoping for a positive response
"Come lay with me and love me"
Requesting intimacy and love
And I would surely stay
Committing to staying if accepted
But I feel I'm growing older
Reflecting on the aging process
And the songs that I have sung
Reviewing past songs and experiences
Echo in the distance
Noting the distant echoes of the past
Like the sound
Metaphorically describing echoes like a windmill
Of a windmill going round
Comparing echoes to the sound of a windmill
Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune
Expressing an enduring identity as a soldier of fortune
Many times I've been a traveller
Recalling numerous journeys
I looked for something new
Seeking novelty and change
In days of old when nights were cold
Reflecting on past times of loneliness
I wandered without you
Wandering without a specific companion
But those days I thought my eyes had seen you standing near
Believing to have seen a loved one in the past
Though blindness is confusing
Acknowledging the confusion of blindness
It shows that you're not here
Realizing the absence of the loved one
Now I feel I'm growing older
Reiterating the aging process
And the songs that I have sung
Reviewing the continued echoes of past songs
Echo in the distance
Emphasizing the distant nature of echoes
Like the sound
Repeating the windmill metaphor for echoes
Of a windmill going round
Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune
Affirming the enduring identity as a soldier of fortune
I can hear the sound
Hearing the persistent sound of a windmill
Of a windmill going round
Repeating the windmill imagery
Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune
Reaffirming the identity as a soldier of fortune
I guess I'll always be
Accepting the enduring role as a soldier of fortune
A soldier of fortune
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