Discover the story of the song > Ich bin Soldat, doch bin ich es nicht gerne – zupfgeigenhansel

The protagonist is a soldier, but he doesn't like it. He was forced into it and taken away from his home and loved ones. He thinks that people only become soldiers because of their desire for power and they end up destroying their own country. He would rather be working and living freely, but instead he is marching, standing guard, and killing his own brothers. He believes in freedom and wishes to fight for it instead of being a soldier.