Last Night Another Soldier
Angelic Upstarts Lyrics

Last night another soldier, last night another child
Another soldier lost his life in combat and another child lost their parent

No one seems to worry, no one sees his mother cry
People don't seem to care about the loss and grief that families of soldiers face

Can you see that smart, clean soldier,
The image of what a soldier is supposed to look like

Standing straight and oh so proud
The soldier is displaying pride in serving their country

He wants to fight for Queen and country
The soldier has a desire to fight for the honor and recognition of their country

He wants to make his family proud
The soldier wants to bring honor to their family by serving in the military

A job with the future, his way to get out of it
The soldier sees joining the military as an opportunity for a better future and to escape their current situation

It's his sense of romance, it never ends that way
The soldier has a romanticized view of the military and war, which doesn't match the reality of the situation

They're just facts and figures on your TV screen
The media and society tend to treat soldiers and victims of war as impersonal statistics

Another child and another soldier, is peace just a dream
With each new casualty, the hope for peace seems further away

In the country strange and foreign all the people resent him
When serving in a foreign country, soldiers often face hostility from those they are supposed to be helping

He can't cope with his problems, all the fears and hatred
The soldier struggles to deal with the emotional toll of their experiences

Now he wish he never went he wish he never thought of it
The soldier regrets joining the military and wishes they had never been exposed to the horrors of war

It's not the same as fighting armies looking for the terrorists
The reality of fighting in a war is different than the idealized vision of fighting against a clearly defined enemy

Can you hear the mocking laughter from the ones that gain by it
Those who benefit from war often don't care about the human cost and may even find humor in the suffering of others

They're not in line for the bullets, they're the ones who started it
Those who started the war and benefit from it don't face the same risks and consequences as the soldiers on the front lines

Just a number in the papers, another one of the innocent
The media and society often treat the victims of war as anonymous numbers in a news story, but they are real people who have lost their lives or loved ones

They're just facts and figures
The repeated message that soldiers and victims of war are often treated as impersonal statistics