Mike Posner - The Soldier & the Boy (9-1-2016) lyrics

I heard the story of the soldier and
The boy not too long ago
There was a soldier in Afghanistan
And he's about 6 months into his campaign
And he's really struggling he's in and
Out of combat every day
He was drinking a lot
And he keeps hearing from these towns
People that there's this boy
There's this magical boy, and he's
He's meditating under a tree, and
Most of the time he hears it, he says, "Ah
That's a bunch of bullshit"
But one night, he's especially missing home
And he's drinking, and he thinks
"I'm gonna go find this fucking
Boy under the tree"
So he climbs up the mountain, and
Sure enough, there's a little kid
Maybe 10 or 11 years
Old, and he's sitting under
The tree cross legged
With his eyes closed, and the soldier says
"Hello" the boy doesn't move
The solider starts to get mad
He said, "You don't know if you know so much
Teach me about Heaven and Hell"
The boy opens his eyes slowly, and he says
"You want me to teach you about
Heaven and Hell? Look at
You you smell bad you're not
A real soldier you
Got dip in your mouth, you reek of alcohol
You're drunk i can't teach
You about Heaven and
Hell" And the soldier's getting
Madder and madder the veins in his neck are
Starting to poke out
He takes his revolver out, and points it at
The boy's head, and the boy says
"That's Hell"
The soldier realizes this boy has
Just sacrificed his life
He put it on the line to teach him
He puts the gun down and starts
To cry, and the boy says, "That's Heaven"
My name's Mike Posner, we're The
Mike Posner Band, thank you, guys