Songs & Lyrics
The Good Soldier
“The Good Soldier” appears on Year Zero (2007) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 24 · Year Zero
- Known versions
- 3
Song details
About This Song
Three titled versions are documented.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 24 · Year Zero
- Release date
- April 17, 2007
- Track position
- 4
- Running time
- 3:23
- Tempo
- 87.43 BPM
- Known versions
- 3
Live History
- Performance span
- Performance 2007 through NIN 2013 Festival Tour · Europe + Asia 2018 through Cold And Black And Infinite Tour · Peel It Back Tour
- Live debut
- May 9, 2007 · Sydney, Australia
Versions
- The Good Soldier
- The Good Soldier (Instrumental)
- The Good Soldier: Sam Fog
Related Records
- Official multitracks available
Sources: NIN Wiki — The Good Soldier, revision 68809 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Where we used to meet
Echoes out a beat and the bass goes
Bomb right over my head
Step over the dead
Remember what you said you know, the part about
Life is just a waking dream
Well I know what you mean
But that ain't how it seems right here and how
How can all this be real
I can barely feel
Anymore
I am trying to see
I am trying to believe
This is not where I should be
I am trying to believe
Blood hardens in the sand
Cold metal in my hand
Maybe help you understand
The way that things will be
There's nowhere left to hide
'Cause God is on our side
I keep telling myself
I am trying to see
I am trying to believe
This is not where I should be
I am trying to believe
No one's even sure
What we're fighting for
Or who we even are
Anymore
I feel
So far away
But that ain't how it seems right here right now
Help you understand
The way that things are gonna be
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
Where it appears