I was on my way to work this morning, and listening to an 80’s music station. The announcer, I don’t recall the name and it’s not really important, stated that the upcoming song is about alcohol and drug addiction. Typically, since I work for an alcohol and drug treatment facility, my attention focused on the radio’s digital read out on the dashboard. The upcoming song is something by Makita, and is called Toy Soldiers. I remember the song, but never really listened to the words. What I heard, and what I’ve subsequently searched on Google, is that the lyrics are a bit diluted but if you have the image of alcohol and drug addiction, then you can see how that might be the case. The video is not outstanding, but it was a nice step back in time.
What do you think?
Here are the lyrics…I’ve taken the liberty to remove the chorus part…no need to read through that five or six times, right? If you would like the song as well, click here.
Step by step
Heart to heart
Left, right, left
We all fall down
Like toy soldiers
It wasn’t my intention to mislead you
It never should have been this way
What can I say
It’s true, I did extend the invitation
I never knew how long you’d stay
When you hear temptation call
It’s your heart that takes, takes the fall
Won’t you come out and play with me
It’s getting hard to wake up in the morning
My head is spinning constantly
How can it be?
How could I be so blind to this addiction?
If I don’t stop, the next one’s gonna be me
Only emptiness remains
It replaces all, all the pain
Won’t you come out and play with me
We never win
Only emptiness remains
It replaces all, all the pain
Won’t you come out and play with me
Bit by bit
Torn apart
We never win
But the battle wages on
For toy soldiers