Soldier Poet King
The Oh Hellos Lyrics
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Who carries a mighty sword
He will tear your city down, o lei o lai o lord
O lei, o lai, o lei, o lord
He will tear your city down, o lei o lai o lord
There will come a poet
Whose weapon is his word
O lei, o lai, o lei, o lord
He will slay you with his tongue, o lei o lai o lord
There will come a ruler
Whose brow is laid in thorn
Smeared with oil like David's boy, o lei o lai o lord
O lei, o lai, o lei, o lord
Smeared with oil like David's boy, o lei o lai o lord
O lei, o lai, o lei, o lord
He will tear your city down, o lei o lai, o
O lei o lai, o lei, o lai, o
O lei o lai, o lei, o lai, o
O lei o lai, o lei, o lai, o lei, o lai, o
The Oh Hellos’ song Soldier Poet King uses metaphorical language to describe three archetypes of power - the soldier, the poet, and the ruler. Each of these figurative figures represents a different kind of power, which is capable of bringing down a city. The soldier, who carries a mighty sword, is physical power, capable of destroying the city through force. The poet, whose weapon is his word, represents the power of language and communication, capable of influencing and convincing others to bring about change. The ruler with a brow laid in thorn, smeared with oil like David’s boy, represents spiritual power, a divine representative who is anointed with oil.
The lyrics suggest that these figures will come one after the other, seemingly taking over from the previous one, indicating a cyclical nature of power. The repetition of “o lei o lai o lord” after each line reinforces the idea of the cyclical nature of power and the inevitability of these figures appearing. The song also implies that these three archetypes must coexist and balance each other to avoid the destruction of a city. The song ends with the soldier’s power being emphasized once more, a reminder that even the most violent form of power can cause a city’s downfall.
Line by Line Meaning
There will come a soldier
A powerful warrior is coming
Who carries a mighty sword
He wields an imposing weapon
He will tear your city down, o lei o lai o lord
He will destroy your entire city
There will come a poet
An eloquent speaker is coming
Whose weapon is his word
He uses his words as a deadly weapon
He will slay you with his tongue, o lei o lai o lord
His words will be used to defeat you
There will come a ruler
An authoritative figure is coming
Whose brow is laid in thorn
The ruler will face many hardships
Smeared with oil like David's boy, o lei o lai o lord
The ruler will be anointed with oil, like David was in the Bible
O lei, o lai, o lei, o lord
A repeating chorus that emphasizes the power of these three figures
He will tear your city down, o lei o lai, o
The soldier's destruction of the city will be emphasized once again
O lei o lai, o lei, o lai, o
Another repetition of the chorus
O lei o lai, o lei, o lai, o
The chorus is repeated once more
O lei o lai, o lei, o lai, o lei, o lai, o
The final repetition of the chorus
Writer(s): Heath Hannah Margaret, Heath William Tyler
Contributed by Mila I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@evananoe
Lyrics :
There will come a soldier
Who carries a mighty sword
He will tear your city down
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
He will tear your city down
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
There will come a poet
Whose weapon is His word
He will slay you with His tongue
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
He will slay you with His tongue
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
There will come a ruler
Whose brow is laid in thorn
Smeared with oil like David's boy
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
Smeared with oil like David's boy
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
He will tear your city down, oh lei, oh lai
Ohh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
@bikesrcool_1958
@@invisimous6728
Who’s the one in a toxic system again? Seems like your reply isn’t helping your cause.
Sorry, but humanism is honestly one of the most toxic ideologies. And it FAILS so badly, human flourishing has happened under Christianity unlike any other religion or lack of. Universities, schools, hospitals, values of education and just pure good over evil. I wonder why millions want to move to the western world, the part of the world that receives most immigrants? The part of the world BUILT by Christianity, and the dire consequences seen in a culture that is starting to forget that.
Christianity, the religion that worships God as coming to earth as a Humble, suffering servant, while making it very clear evil will be punished in the end is… toxic?
Also, the lies part is greatly warned about in the Bible, let’s read the epistles.
@invisimous6728
@@bikesrcool_1958 Christianity is a vile system of abuse masquerading as a savior. Ignoring the fact that there is no actual observable, falsifiable, testable evidence, why anyone would wish to worship a mob boss who threatens you with eternal torture unless you give him what he wants.
Christianity (and most religions, really) has for centuries been a monument to the arrogance of man. You make unfounded assertions about the nature of reality, provide no actual valid evidence, refuse to listen to ANYthing that disagrees with you, then walk around whining about how oppressed you are.
You devalue the lives and worth of already marginalized groups, like the LGBT community, for no reason other than your own personal broken moral compass. You try to force your beliefs on others via the government, like with Roe V. Wade, or with programs like gay conversion therapy camps.
It should stop at being willing to believe anything without evidence. If you can be convinced to believe in something without evidence, you can be convinced to believe in ANYthing without evidence. Once you sabotage your own epistemology, all it takes for you to be convinced is for someone to say the right things to confuse you into believing.
Your religion teaches you that, despite having done nothing wrong, you are inherently broken, evil, and worthless. That it's only through the grace of God that you may be redeemed. That because something absolutely outlandish and logically impossible happened, with no evidence to support it, we must strive to seek forgiveness from God.
1.) Any being deserving of worship would not expect or want it.
2.) Any loving and merciful being would not intentionally inflict suffering or death on another they love, or threaten them with infinite punishment for finite crimes.
3.) Any logical God who wants Humanity to both know of their existence and worship them wouldn't reveal themself to only a handful of desert nomads, or allow their only direct teachings to be written down in a language they know will die out soon, and have to be questionably translated later.
4.) The existence and history of Lucifer (someone who knew very well both the existence of God and the full extent of God's power) prove that, if the god of Christianity revealed themself to humanity in no uncertain terms, we would be under no obligation to worship them, even if the question of their existence is answered.
@awawawewewo
There will come a soldier
Who carries a mighty sword
He will tear your city down
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
He will tear your city down
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
There will come a poet
Whose weapon is His word
He will slay you with His tongue
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
He will slay you with His tongue
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
There will come a ruler
Whose brow is laid in thorn
Smeared with oil like David's boy
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
Smeared with oil like David's boy
Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord
He will tear your city down, oh lei, oh lai
Ohh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
@Marcharound
After all the animations that have been made with this song from all sorts of fandoms, it feels right to finally get an official one
@haynabrahma3635
Waoh 777 likes
@ThatgirlEva
@@haynabrahma3635 it’s 1,9 thousand now
@deft4184
I mean knowing what the song is about, what would be those fandoms? The Church? LOL
@Marcharound
@@deft4184 Search “Soldier Poet King animation” on youtube and you’ll see
@gamer-de-verdade
Verdade kkkkk 😊@@deft4184
@Gothfrog
Oh wow!! Hi, I'm the creator of the original animation meme for this song, and I never would have imagined it would balloon into something so huge. Thank you so much for making such lovely music, I'm glad I could play a part in helping more people discover your work! 💚🐸
@gabrielabatista6016
You have my gratitude on account of that. I found this song first due to the animation meme you created, and it was because of it that I looked up the band and found their others songs; it's one of my favourites now and all my playlists have their songs.
So, thanks!
@halibutcgg123
omg hey, it was because of you I even discovered this band and now they’re a longtime fave!!!
@sockatoo_
i'd like to thank you for introducing me to the band that got me through all of my hardest times. truly a gift