The song Soldier belongs to Fleurie

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Soldier keep on marching on. Head down till the work is done.

(Optimus Prime's POV)

My team and I were mining the energon that we had just found. All of the others were chatting and laughing. I just stood there swinging my pick ax from my hip joint into the cold hard stone wall in front of me.

Waiting on that morning sun. Soldier keep on marching on.

We had been mining all through the day and night in shifts. No one had come to aid me or take over my shift. My whole team was in recharge.

Head in the dust. Feet in the fire. Labour on that midnight to that angel choir. You got nowhere to run.

After I hit the rock a little too hard. Sparks flew all though the sky. A few sparks hit what raw energon was on the ground causing it to ignite. I looked at my internal clock. It was stopped at midnight. I started to hear a soft singing. After a minute I realized that it was me. The flame spread around me in a circle.

You want to take a drink of that promised land. Gotta wipe the dirt off your hands. Careful son you got dreamers plans. But it gets hard to stand.

Soon I was knocked out due to the burnt energon fumes. Everything was black. Before that I got one last glance at my team. They were recharging soundly.

Soldier keep on marching on. Head down till the work is done. Waiting on the morning sun. Soldier keep on marching on.

While I was out I could see my life flash before my optics. I could see all of the lives that had been lost to the war. I could also see my old friends Dion and Arial. We had many good times. But, with the good comes the bad.

Quiet now you're gonna wake the beast. Hide your soul out of his reach. Shiver to that broken beat. Dark into the heat.

I still remember how Dion and Arial died. Dion had been sent to space to gather a relic for Alpha Trion. He had encountered a spark eater and had his spark devoured. His lifeless husk was brought back to Cybertron by his team. Arial had died by a wound to her spark chamber. She laid dying in my arms.

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, (Soldier keep on marchin')

I miss then with all my spark.

Oooh, Oooh (Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on marching on) Oooh, Oooh (Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on marching on) Oooh, Oooh, (soldier keep on marchin', keep on, keep on) Oooh, Oooh, (keep on marchin' on, keep on, keep on marchin')

Soon I was shook awake by Ratchet. My frame was covered in soot. "We're glad you're okay." said Arcee. "What happened." I asked softly. "You passed out to burnt energon fumes and lack of energy." said Ratchet. "Oh." I responded.

Soldier keep on marching on. Head down till the work is done. Waiting on the morning sun. Soldier keep on marching on. Soldier keep on marching on. Soldier keep on marching on.