Crystal Castles - Mercenary
Time: 1:50
Join them in solitary
Should be voluntary
voluntary
optional; of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
Heard in 8 songs (1.4M+ combined views) — most famously in "Mercenary" by Crystal Castles.
Updated March 6, 2025
Songs Featuring “voluntary”
Devo - Going Under
Time: 0:53
Hopes are smashed but that ain't much
Voluntary experimentation
Going through soft core mutation
AFI - She Speaks the Language
Time: 1:01
Until we reach the consequence
It's voluntary like your smile
As he quakes
Frank Zappa - Porn Wars
Time: 10:28
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The voluntary labelling is NOT censorship...
Bend up and smell my anal vapor!
Lou Reed - Riptide
Time: 1:08
In your sleep, I heard your screaming, "Ah-ah-ah
This is not voluntary! This is not voluntary!
If this is life, I'd rather die, oh, in the riptide!"
Overkill - I Rise
Time: 0:35
Voluntary action, leading to the scar upon the face
Planning the reaction, the color, the moment paint the place
Aimee Mann - Calling on Mary
Time: 1:11
You look past the joy to the end
Calling on Mary is voluntary
Unless you're alone like me
Procol Harum - Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)
Time: 0:10
Though I know the night has fallen, and the sun sailed out to sea
I will wait here for the band to play the trumpet voluntary
And with one foot on the seashore and the other in the sand
