The Fighter Lyrics

So I fell hard son

The fighter in me fell down

Thirty rounds in the ring

And the crowd is quiet now

Well the ref tapped me out

But that referee was me

Hung my head so very low

A sad reflection was all I could see

And I'm not looking

For a shot at redemption

Just a reason for all the pain

And it's not like I've

Not been here before

Questioning lines I've been told

Searching for signs in the smoke

But the crowd is quiet now

All embers burning now

Will they guide me on

I was riding high son

Eyes fixed to the sky

All ego and I

Waking up only to find

Bright lights only show what you hide

I left the solace of that space

In search of greener pastures

But the field I'd made

I was safe as I'd ever be

And mountain peaks

And friends that leave

In one way or another

I still call you brother

Built a house on top the rubble

Of debts I owe it's only

Everything I could be

If I'm falling will you hold me down

And nothing makes you ready

For the part that is taken

You find a way to deal

With the pain

And it's not like I've

Not been here before

Questioning lines that I've wrote

Searching for signs in the smoke

But the fire is all but out

All embers burning now

Will they guide me on

No shadow holding me down

Sun is on the way

It was always there despite the rain

If I'm the fighter then I am the enemy

One more time

One more fight

And it's all I've ever known

It's all I was ever told

That all I could ever hold

Ever let go

Ever buried brothers too soon

What a hill to die upon

Like some superficial martyr

More I fight it just gets harder

Yeah I'm hungry for something

But it's all here I don't need nothing

My friend we all have someone

Something we can keep the fire alive for

And it's always been about

A single shot at redemption

A purpose for the way I was made

And it's not like I've not been here before

Two counts I'm back and I'm worn

Wiser for all of the scorn

Got a fire burning now

All embers in the doubt

They will guide me on

No shadow holding me down

Sun is on the way

It was always there despite the rain

If I'm the fighter then I am the enemy

One more time

One more fight