‘Soldier (feat. Tom MacDonald)’ by Dax is an emotionally charged hip-hop track that voices repressed anger and frustration in the face of high expectations and hidden anxieties. The lyrics are specific to a bodied experience, but still hold lines that resonate across a spectrum and hit hard.
The refrain is a call to hold firm, like the leader of a fighting troop on the line of fire, someone who’s relied upon by so many. The lines build up the thought process of someone who needs to put on a strong face, especially when they have others relying on them for any sort of support. The song describes walls built tall enough to keep up some facade of strength and composure.
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‘Soldier’: Repressed Strength in Expression
The sound of ‘Soldier’ builds upon melancholy, moody guitar rhythm that holds in its melodies something vulnerable and raw. This sound perfectly compliments the frustration and anger thinly veiled in the rapper’s voice as they lay out their emotional and mental state that seems to threaten their facade.
They lyrics illustrate when one has to stay strong in the face of every thought and emotion that tries to shake and break them. “…I know what it feels…when depression is starin’ you on the face and anxiety’s grabbin’ you, makin’ you shake…”.
The lines describe how much like a ‘Soldier’, our narrator faces high expectations from the people they love. People who ultimately take them for granted. Who “…expect you to smile everyday while it eats at you mind and soul. And your flesh, and your work, and you wither away ’til the day you can’t…”.
There’s so much strength to the words that they’re able to move and resonate with almost anyone who feel remotely the same. “…I’m a soldier, battling feelings I can’t even show…and all my bones take on the pressure of being a hero…”.
In the end, ‘Soldier (feat. Tom MacDonald)’ by Dax holds in its soundscape a powerful message, that aims to move its listeners to empathise with a deeply repressed, embodied struggle.
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