Soldiers of Misfortune

About Soldiers of Misfortune

"Soldiers of Misfortune" is the lead single from Filter's fourth studio album, Anthems for the Damned. It premiered on Myspace on February 25, 2008 and was released to radio stations on March 18, 2008. "Soldiers of Misfortune" was added to Amazon MP3 and iTunes on April 29, 2008. The song is described by singer Richard Patrick as a "sardonic anti-war/pro-troops song." Its first-person narrative was inspired by a letter from Sgt. Justin L. Eyerly, a Filter fan who had enlisted in the Army National Guard to get his college tuition paid; in his final year of college, he was shipped off to Iraq where he died from an improvised explosive device attack after only two months of duty.  more »

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2009

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I'd like to break free from here 
It's gotten clear 
The reasons have smeared 
I'd like to break free from here 
The land of the lonely 
The reasons are phony 

So pray 
For the soldiers of misfortune 
The soldiers of distortion 
Dig a grave 

I'd like to wake up from this dream 
Can't we learn from history? 
Why's it such a mystery? 

I'd like to wake up from this dream 
A world where they don't scream 
A world without misery 

So pray for the soldiers of misfortune 
The soldiers of distortion 
Hold a parade again 

I'd like to wake up 
In a dream 
Where they don't scream 
Without misery 

Pray for the soldiers of misfortune 
For the soldiers of distortion 
Dig a grave 

Pray for the soldiers of misfortune 
For the soldiers of distortion 
So hold a parade 

Over there 
Over there 
I won't come back 
When it's over 
Over there 
Over there 
Over there 
Over there
Over there

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Filter

Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010. A sixth album titled Gurney and the Burning Books is scheduled for release in 2013. more »

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