专辑简介

The song was originally written for a musical which Gary Cordice had been writing for a while, looking at colonial conflicts in the Caribbean involving British soldiers during the reign of King George III, but then on reflection, having been a member of the TA Royal Green Jackets and then later with the Royal Signals, it naturally lent itself to being a song that would pay tribute to all serving soldiers both at home and abroad.

In a larger sense we meet soldiers everyday. I watched my mother and father work tirelessly to raise us eight children, and now see single parents raising up their children on their own, people who still retain hope when it seems that all hope is gone, the platoon leader determined to get his men home safe.

Life is full of challenges and it’s the determined, the persistent and the weak who won’t give in. They are the real strong who know how to sacrifice. This song is about the soldier in all of us that is not ready to sleep.