lyrics analysis

LYRICS ANALYSIS of citizen soldiers and it’s not my time.
CITIZEN SOLDIERS
Beyond the boundaries of your city’s lights
Stand the heroes waiting for your cries
So many times you did not bring this on yourself
When the moment finally comes I’ll be there to help
And on that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care
I’ll be right here
Citizen soldiers holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair
Standing on guard for the ones that we’ve sheltered
We’ll always be ready because we will always be there
When there’re people crying in the streets
When they’re starving for a meal to eat
When they simply need a place to make their beds
Right here underneath my wing you can rest your head
On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care
I’ll be right here
Citizen soldiers
Holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair
Standing on guard for the ones that we’ve sheltered
We’ll always be ready because we will always be there
Hope and pray that you never need me
But rest assured I will not let you down
I walk beside you but you may not see me
The strongest among you may not wear a crown
Citizen soldier On that day when you need your brothers and sisters to care
I’ll be right here
On that day when you don’t have the strength for the burden you bear
I’ll be right here
Citizen soldiers
Holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair
Standing on guard for the ones that we’ve sheltered
We’ll always be ready because we will always be there
Citizen soldiers
Holding the light for the ones that we guide from the dark of despair
Standing on guard for the ones that we’ve sheltered
We’ll always be ready because we will always be there.


The theme of this song is help: citizen soldiers help the ones they love and protect; they will always be there as said in the song, because there will always be someone to help.
It is an interesting theme because what is said in this song happens in real life: somewhere, someone needs help. Although not only soldiers may help, everyone can give a hand to someone else. In an abstract way, he is making the soldier and the citizen one: they have both the same objective which is to protect the ones they love.



IT’S NOT MY TIME

Looking back at the beginning of this
And how life was
Just you and me and love and all of our friends
Living life like an ocean

But now the current's only pulling me down
It's getting harder to breathe
It won't be too long and I'll be going under
Can you save me from this?

'Cause it's not my time, I'm not going
There's a fear in me and it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know, ooh, but I won't go

I look ahead to all the plans that we made
And the dreams that we had
I'm in a world that tries to take them away
Oh, but I'm taking them back

'Cause all this time I've just been too blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend, this life we live, it's not what we have
It's what we believe in

It's not my time, I'm not going
There's a fear in me, it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

But it's not my time, I'm not going
There's a will in me and now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know, ooh, but I won't go!
I won't go!

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
And there might be more than you can see

But it's not my time, I'm not going
There's a fear in me, it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

But it's not my time, I'm not going
There's a will in me and now it's going to show
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
And there might be more than you can see
But I won't go, oh no I won't go down, yeah

The theme of it’s not my time is life: he describes and explains how his life had been and repeats that it is not finished yet (that he has more to live) he explains that life can be bad but that it is not finished yet.
It’s interesting because sometimes, in real life, some bad moments may happen but we will always come back straight from our problems.