All Time Low - So Long, Soldier Lyrics






Back in '95
A little boy from just outside of London
Took a fated trip across the ocean

And little did he know
That he would find his voice in verse and chorus
Making wishes on his broken stereo

Can't shake the noise from his bones
Hear it all play out in distant echoes

So long, soldier
Cruise controller
Satellite trajectory, guide us in to reverie
And come down to voice a generation

Late 2005
The boy's got plans as crazy as his friends
They take their chances driving West alone
Give 'em six more years, and see what time will do for hopeless dreamers
Singing wishes to their broken stereo

You can't shake the noise from their bones
Hear it all play out in distant echoes

So long, soldier
Cruise controller
Satellite trajectory, guide us in to reverie
And come down to voice a generation

So long, soldier
Cruise controller
Satellite trajectory, guide us in to reverie
And come down to voice a generation





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  1. K.... i....

    Hot damn the drums

  2. R.... M....

    Damn... they just took the chorus circle and switched the words

  3. T.... ....

    This album came out in 2012 and I feel old as fuck. Their sound feels so much different now, and it's not bad by any means, but this ATL is my godamn childhood.

  4. I.... I....

    Riannnnnn

  5. F.... t....

    this. is. so. cute. goddamnitt.

  6. s.... ....

    The best

  7. L.... L....

    2019 anyone?

  8. C.... C....

    You can barely even tell that Cassadee Pope has vocals in this one too

  9. A.... W....

    Rian's just going to town on the drums in this song

  10. N.... m....

    Sorry but uh youtube please explain why every other single video suggestion are nursery rimes and color learning? Like hunny no being in my feels not trying to learn what a red button does. Leave. Please.

  11. b.... ....

    I miss you guys

  12. M.... T....

    2019 anyone?

  13. M.... N....

    Terrible flow.

  14. I.... ....

    How can someone drum this fast

  15. M.... K....

    Back in '95
    A little boy from just outside of London
    Took a fated trip across the ocean
    And little did he know
    That he would find his voice in verse and chorus
    Making wishes on his broken stereo
    Can't shake the noise from his bones
    Hear it all play out in distant echoes
    So long, soldier
    Cruise controller
    Satellite trajectory, guide us into reverie
    And come down to voice a generation
    Late 2005
    The boy's got plans as crazy as his friends
    They take their chances driving West alone
    Give 'em six more years, and see what time will do for hopeless dreamers
    Singing wishes to their broken stereo
    You can't shake the noise from their bones
    Hear it all play out in distant echoes
    So long, soldier
    Cruise controller
    Satellite trajectory, guide us into reverie
    And come down to voice a generation
    So long, soldier
    Cruise controller
    Satellite trajectory, guide us into reverie
    And come down to voice a generation

  16. F.... H....

    Back in '95
    A little boy from just outside of London
    Took a fated trip across the ocean

    And little did he know
    That he would find his voice in verse and chorus
    Making wishes on his broken stereo

    Can't shake the noise from his bones
    Hear it all play out in distant echoes

    So long, soldier
    Cruise controller
    Satellite trajectory, guide us into reverie
    And come down to voice a generation

    Late 2005
    The boy's got plans as crazy as his friends
    They take their chances driving West alone
    Give 'em six more years, and see what time will do for hopeless dreamers
    Singing wishes to their broken stereo

    You can't shake the noise from their bones
    Hear it all play out in distant echoes

    So long, soldier
    Cruise controller
    Satellite trajectory, guide us into reverie
    And come down to voice a generation

    So long, soldier
    Cruise controller
    Satellite trajectory, guide us into reverie
    And come down to voice a generation

  17. M.... H....

    *Is this about the Band*

  18. [.... m....

    Rian is one of the best drummers ever, holy shit

  19. I.... J....

    I realized Jack has a
    "Boner" t-shirt
    Damn you Jack

  20. G.... ....

    Good ALT song, may be my new favorite.

  21. A.... ....

    ATL: SO LONG SOLDIER

    MCR: AND GOODNIGHT

  22. S.... ....

    A song that grew on me, but is now one my favorites from them!
    Also, arguably, their most Punk song to date.

  23. A.... ....

    THE INTRO IS SOOO THREE CHEERS

  24. c.... ....

    Bayside lead me here Anthony is the best singer of all time

  25. W.... ....

    I like them alot but
    This
    Song
    Is
    So
    Fucking
    Pretencious

    W.... ....

    Weketeke5678 why do you think it's pretentious?

  26. S.... f....

    Even when animated Jack still wears Boner shirts. :)

  27. s.... ....

    its 4 in the morning and im listening to atl why am i like this i thought ive long since grown out of this phase

  28. F.... H....

    THIS, is the story of how a set of drums was murdered, by Rian Dawson

  29. M.... G....

    Circles

  30. p.... n....

    Great song; BUT WHO AM I ; my version

    p.... n....

    I GOT ACCEPTED TO GRANT !!

    p.... n....

    tj is back in my life, this should be....interesting

    p.... n....

    im pretty sure im pregnant

    p.... n....

    update: i am pregnant, 3 months tonight (1:38am) actually aaand im pretty sure thomas is gonna leave me soon, tj has been alot of help tonight though, so that's good.

    p.... n....

    thomas moved almost an hour away from luna/joesph and i..im so heart broken..i love him so much..everything has been good from 6 days ago, i wish i would have hugged him longer though..

  31. M.... ....

    Wow, puberty hit "Circles" hard.

  32. a.... s....

    this song makes me emotional.

  33. S.... G....

    I REALLY don't understand why this song wasn't given a full music video rather than this rehashed animation bullshit. Even animated, it would've been great to see this story fully realized.

  34. F.... H....

    oh he has a broken stero?
    hope he doesnt get lost in it.

    F.... H....

    That was that random chick who got stuck in it. he was only the observer.

    F.... H....

    @Scsigs Gaming do you think he's wishing for her to find her way out?

  35. J.... L....

    In the intro, I can hear Unholy Confessions and 570

    J.... L....

    570 slightly but Unholy Confessions I can definitely hear

  36. S.... ....

    If you're gonna voice a generation, Alex, you might wanna kick it up a notch. Future Hearts was mostly lacking in that area.
    Stop thinking Pop's a good genre to go to in this day & age.

    S.... ....

    @MrRyanDew The comment was supposed to reflect the quality of their newer material lead by a play on the "voice a generation" line.

    S.... ....

    Yeah i know. I just think that the play on "voice a generation" is a bit shit. Also i like the new stuff.

    S.... ....

    What about now that LYR's out. Pretty shit if you ask me.

    S.... ....

    Scsigs I think the newer sound is still amazing, you may not like pop-y stuff but that doesn't make them bad. They still have good meaning in their songs, and they're still inspiring fans, so what's it matter?

    S.... ....

    Scsigs I genuinely think that LYR is equally as good as this album and I previously thought this was their best album

  37. K.... I....

    seriously one of my favorite songs ever!

  38. P.... ....

    my favorite band 111!!!!1111

  39. S.... ....

    Hey, Hopeless, can you upload 'Caroline'? Thanks if/when you do.

  40. J.... C....

    ROUND IN CIRCLES

    J.... C....

    LET'S START OVET

  41. J.... T....

    Don't Panic > Future Hearts

    J.... T....

    nothing personal>>>

    J.... T....

    Jackson The Epic wow. This post is so wrong... Its right.

    J.... T....

    Put Up Or Shut Up >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

  42. k.... d....

    The beginning of this reminds me of "A Match into water" by Pierce The Veil omf

    k.... d....

    it reminds me of Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold

    k.... d....

    Spirit Crusher by Death. That first riff

  43. S.... ....

    I love this song so much cuz it's about one of my favorite bands

  44. K.... ....

    The intro kinda sounds like kurokos opening

  45. C.... T....

    I came here for the Anthony Raneri

    C.... T....

    Me too! Where is his part? I can't hear him or Cassadee Pope's part :/ Am I just being a bad fan, or can you not hear them either?

    I just heard his vocals on NFG's song Stubborn (check it out if you haven't) :)

  46. B.... M....

    this is only all time low song i dont like

  47. M.... ....

    I hate to say it bc I know this song is legit ATL's story but it reminds me of the lead guitarist of my fav band u g h

  48. I.... ....

    THE DRUMS THE DRUMS THE DRUMS THE DRUMS

    DAMN RIAN

    I.... ....

    I'm confused? What was so impressive about the drums? They're nothing I haven't heard before in other bands like Rise Against, Pennywise, AFI, Funeral for a Friend...

    I.... ....

    Izzy ITS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE APPRECIATED HIM AND THIS SONG MORE

    I.... ....

    JoaXo good point but Rian deserves some appreciation

    I.... ....

    ALSO THE GUITAR

  49. n.... ....

    after listening to this song for the hundredth time: OH ITS ABOUT THEM IM SO FRICKEN STUPID. *facepalm*

  50. K.... M....

    The intro sounds like a miw song.

    K.... M....

    Or a ptv song from collide with the sky

  51. J.... T....

    ROOOOOUUUUUNNNDDD
    IIIIIINNNNNNN
    CCCIIIIIIIRCLLLLLLLLESSSS

    J.... T....

    let's start over

    J.... T....

    I KNEW I COULDN'T BE THE ONLY ONE THAT THOUGHT THAT!!!

    J.... T....

    I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING THO

  52. M.... H....

    i like how they're completely calm throughout the apocalypse haha

  53. D.... C....

    honestly this is thr best fkn band ever. or maybe i havent found bands like them. can i get some bands that have the same style as them?

    D.... C....

    +Dimi Choueiry Green Day? Their sound is slightly more rock

    D.... C....

    +Dimi Choueiry I'm actually looking for some sounds the same as them as well, but maybe you like mayday parade, mcfly or state champs? I just know a few songs by those bands but I found them quite similar to atl

    D.... C....

    @Femke Heuver the All American Rejects are ok if you're looking for something similar.

  54. S.... O....

    everything u need to know about atl is this song right here.

    S.... O....

    +Tailyre Matthews i just get it, when it say "outside of London took a fated trip across the ocean". As far as i know Alex is born at Great Britain, then he moved when he was 7(i guess).

    S.... O....

    +Yesaya Galatia yea

    S.... O....

    he was born in Essex, a town just outside of london.

    S.... O....

    yes






    PUSHEEN

    S.... O....

    Ugh I'm Too Punkrock For This Essex is a county bruh xD

  55. N.... 0....

    I wouldn't love ATL as much if you couldn't tell how much they love their work.

  56. J.... S....

    Is that Cthulu at 0:22?

  57. R.... C....

    The drums!! I just LOVE the drums in this song. Damn, Rian is so good. By the way the lyrics are very good too

    R.... C....

    yeah, I'm not a big fan of atl, but I will admit the drums a slaying! !

    R.... C....

    the drums are awesome Rian is so talented

  58. H.... B....

    Has anyone else noticed that the chorus is almost the same as that of "On Thin Ice" by Pink Floyd?

  59. M.... B....

    Rian murdered that drum set. Holy damn

    M.... B....

    +Travis Howie You know it's just you don't see it a lot nowadays for example I dont want you to take me wrong, I love Jack more than anything but he is not that kind of unbelievable guitarist :D Not saying he is not good he is of course

    M.... B....

    Yeah but it's about how much heart they put in their music, How you can see they enjoy it and how hard they worked when you listen to older songs Alex voice used to be kinda weird I'm not saying he was bad singer nonono but you can see how he is getting better with every album and how better they are acoustic...It's probably true that Zack is the most talented i wish there were more amazing bass riffs from Zack...But still they may not be talented as hell but they definetely are great musicians... :)

    M.... B....

    +Molzey Burgess he murders the drums in every song tho like damn.

    M.... B....

    Molzey Burgess It's pretty impressive, but if that blows your mind, do me a favor and go watch Black Sabbath's performance of War Pigs in Paris, France on December 20, 1970. You'll be shook AF

  60. M.... L....

    ROUNDEDDDDDDDD CIRCLESSSSS, LET'S START OVERRR!

  61. F.... L....

    The guitar riff makes me want to jump around

  62. G.... M....

    Cool cool

  63. D.... u....

    AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS IT SOUNDS LIKE KUROKO NO BASUKE, IN THE BEGINNING?

  64. C.... D....

    Every time I listen to this song, I can't help but think about how the chorus sounds just like the chorus to "Circles".

    C.... D....

    +Cam Davis That's point of this song I think the riffs are similar too aren't they?

  65. K.... ....

    I wish I had a boner shirt

    K.... ....

    Kyla_Bernahl you can get one off their merchandise on amazon.

  66. T.... F....

    so they stole this riff from avenged sevenfold's unholy confessions?

    T.... F....

    @Scholomo Goldstein are you kidding me? it's almost exactly the same besides like maybe a few really minor details.

    T.... F....

    @Scholomo Goldstein play them both at the exact same time and i guarantee you won't be able to identify that there are two seperate tracks playing besides all the background instruments and shit.

    T.... F....

    @Tristan Forthe Both bands have gone down in quality tbh fam lad

    T.... F....

    +Tristan Forthe are you actually drunk? i played these riffs next to each other and they sound nothing alike

    T.... F....

    @farcryfrommetal24 are you actually drunk? they are nearly identical

  67. L.... M....

    I don't know if I'm remembering this correctly, but was the album inspired by "the end of the world" in 2012? Seems to be just that..

    L.... M....

    Jenniferbrat no, it's not just you. The album is called "Don't panic!" And shows the apocalypse because, if you remember, near the end of 2012, people were scared of the end of the world and it shows them in the apocalypse which I thought was pretty cool.

  68. l.... ....

    The beginning guitar chords, I immediately know what song it is.

  69. k.... o....

    Álbum inteiro remete ao apocalipse, seja ele zumbi ou alienígena, esse álbum é o melhor do ATL

  70. R.... B....

    I can't even hear anthony or casadees parts in this. Can anyone help?

    R.... B....

    Who the fuck are Anthony and casadee

    R.... B....

    +AllTimeHustler two vocalists featured on this song. I see you're a little hostile. Here to troll I'm assuming?

    R.... B....

    @Ron Bass How could you tell if there are two featured vocalists in this song? 

    R.... B....

    +AllTimeHustler It's on Wikipedia and I'm sure you could look it up elsewhere too

  71. k.... r....

    reminds me of match into water by pierce the veil CX but I love both

    k.... r....

    But I love you

    k.... r....

    @Mark McMahon lol, wtf

    k.... r....

    Yes. Hello PTV fandom.
    Although the beginning to match into water has a bit of a more aggressive guitar.

  72. s.... ....

    I think I just found my new favorite song.
    My favorite song literally changes every week, and all of those songs are by All Time Low.

    s.... ....

    FUCK YES
    LOVE THIS SONG

  73. D.... S....

    This is the only good shit they have since.... 
    And it's because of Anthony Raneri

    D.... S....

    Kiss me

    D.... S....

    After the wedding

  74. H.... M....

    this song makes me emotional bye 

  75. R.... C....

    chorus reminds me "Circles" by them

    R.... C....

    Dude, I just gave this album a listen for the first time and came to this video solely to see if other og fans felt that way.

    R.... C....

    HR TheFlameBladesWielder That is not the first single they ever released. They had an EP before that called “3 Words To Remember In Dealing With The End” and another demo EP before that.

    R.... C....

    TalentZ yeah, thats their ALBUM. He’s talking about the first SINGLE

    R.... C....

    gideon/giy they never released singles for the Party Scene. Their first single was Dear Maria Count Me In...

    R.... C....

    TalentZ ok but what does twtridwte have to do with their first single

  76. D.... S....

    This vídeo es more for The Reckless and The brave *-*/ /.\

  77. E.... G....

    Then there is Jack... lol 

  78. A.... 7....

    to me i think all time low had put a very similar chorus to So long soldier with circles because circles was the start of there music you know their first music video, and so long soldier is about how the band came to be from start to where they are now and how they'll keep going. so what better way (i'm guessing) to talk about how they started with bringing a reminder to their first(i think their first) music video. to kind bring back maybe a nostalgic feeling to their fans from where they were and how it all maybe came to be.....but, hey who knows maybe they just but the similar chorus cause it just sounded cool for the song.

  79. L.... A....

    nice shirt jack

  80. L.... V....

    wait they use the same video for all the songs???!!!!11!1 ;o

    L.... V....

    Only for the DONT PANIC album. They don't want to waste so much money making different videos for every song

  81. j.... ....

    IM NOT OKAY

  82. T.... ....

    This song makes me so emotional. More so than any other song off the album, maybe even out of any other song of theirs. Because it is literally how they became who they are. A lot of people are too afraid to tell that in a long winded story, much less put it in a song. So many things could have gone wrong, in the song and their lives, but they didn't. There were so many things that if they didn't happen, then ATL never would have even met. But those things did happen, thank god. The line, "Fated trip across the ocean." gets me, because it does kind of feel like fate, doesn't it?

    T.... ....

    Lullabies?

    T.... ....

    @Dammit Brian jack wasnt born in america. He said himself in an interview with soupy from the wonder years that he was born in lebanon. Explains why his middle name is bassam lol :)

    T.... ....

    This is literally the reason why it is one of my top 10 songs out of everything.

    T.... ....

    oh oh emo alert Xp

    T.... ....

    For me lullabies is the most emotional song by All Time Low

  83. j.... l....

    base on the video they are not afraid of the apocalypse

  84. n.... m....

    I could see them doing that stuff when the world is ending. Just sitting and watching. This is my favorite song off the album by far

    n.... m....

    everybody knows there's a party at the end of the world

  85. E.... Z....

    This song slays

    E.... Z....

    You slay babe

    E.... Z....

    @Mark McMahon ur smooth

  86. m.... b....

    the very beginning sounds a bit like A Match Into Water by PTV. Nonetheless, both songs (and bands) are amazing c:

    m.... b....

    It also kind of sounds like It Never Ends by BMTH.

    m.... b....

    Neither. the beginning is actually using the beginning from their old song circles 

    m.... b....

    @Ryan Zalewski We're talking about what it sounds like, not what it's from.

  87. A.... K....

    The chorus reminds me the early ATL! :3 So good for me...

  88. a.... ....

    it sounds like my chemical romance idek why

  89. S.... B....

    can 5sos please cover this song

    S.... B....

    What? Why? I mean I'm not against 5sos but this song is about how All Time Low became who they are. This is literally their life story. Why would anyone cover it?

    S.... B....

    Oh, I never knew that, I'm sorry! I just imagine them singing and playing the instruments and stuff. I'm truly sorry if I offended you.

    S.... B....

    @Sofia Brantes Oh :P No worries :)

  90. m.... ....

    this song makes me very emotional don't touch me

    m.... ....

    @PetvetM Oh, sorry! *Hugs*
    Is that better?

    m.... ....

    @Jenna Crawford
    yes that is better thank you

    m.... ....

    @PetvetM You're welcome, friend!

    m.... ....

    same *sobs*

    m.... ....

    petvetm u got issues

  91. E.... M....

    This sounds like Circles

    E.... M....

    It's pretty much a revamped Circles with different lyrics xD

  92. N.... K....

    cool lyric

  93. N.... K....

    it's one of the best atl songs...

  94. K.... F....

    Just me that thinks this sounds like an old MCR song :( ?

    K.... F....

    It does! I noticed that too omg :c

    K.... F....

    This song also sounds like Circles by All Time Low and A Match Into Water by PTV

  95. L.... G....

    BUT ALL TIME LOW ASDFGHJKL I LOVE YOUUUUU

  96. H.... B....

    jacks boner shirt xD

    H.... B....

    i want it tbh