This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
You're the fighter, you've got the fire
The spirit of a warrior, the champion's heart
You fight for your life because the fighter never quits
You make the most of the hand you're dealt
Because the quitter never wins
No!
You were born to box in a city that's seen their share
Mello, Ryan, Carney, among them your photo proudly hangs there
Above the bar in the Gaelic Club
They tell the story of a throwback
With the heart of a lion
They salute your glory
It's another murderous night
Another left hook from hell
A bloody war on the boardwalk
And the kid from Lowell rises to the bell
Micky, it's a warrior's code
Micky, he's got the warrior's soul
Micky, it's a warrior's code
Micky, he's got the warrior's soul
Micky, it's a warrior's code
The spirit of a warrior, the champion's heart
You fight for your life because the fighter never quits
You make the most of the hand you're dealt
Because the quitter never wins
No!
You were born to box in a city that's seen their share
Mello, Ryan, Carney, among them your photo proudly hangs there
Above the bar in the Gaelic Club
They tell the story of a throwback
With the heart of a lion
They salute your glory
It's another murderous night
Another left hook from hell
A bloody war on the boardwalk
And the kid from Lowell rises to the bell
Micky, it's a warrior's code
Micky, he's got the warrior's soul
Micky, it's a warrior's code
Micky, he's got the warrior's soul
Micky, it's a warrior's code
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I assumed Micky (freehat17 misspelled the name) was the guy from the Rocky movies, but as it turns out (the liner notes tell us):
"This song is about Massachusettes' own Micky Ward, a boxing legend who defines the heart and sould of the sport. He also happens to be the guy on the front cover..."
well yeah that is obvious, cause the guy they are singing about is boxing in the song. hence the left hook from hell, and his picture is hung up with the other pictures there.
Micky Ward is an Irish boxer from Lowell,Ma....His first fight with Arturo Gatti was voted "Fight of the Century" and for 2 consecutive years he was involved in the "Fight of the Year" While he wasn't the best fighter, he was definitly one of the toughest. His never quit attitude and vicious left hook to the body are what made him a legend to fellow Irishmen and New Englanders
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I love this song, Ward was like the only good thing to ever come from my hometown of Lowell.
Music like this makes me proud to come from Massachusetts...
Music like this makes me proud to be Irish...
Ok, so I finally just saw the fight between Ward and Gatti online, and omg, they weren't kidding. Easily one of the best fights in the last 25 years. Especially the 9th round... unreal.
unbelievable song. unbelievable boxer. i mean he was far from the best but he was the toughest and wouldnt stay down and thats sorta wut it means to be irish micky wards the man...best thing to come from lowell...hell best thing to come from new england
This song is about Micky Ward, a great boxer that came out of Lowell. This song makes me wasnt get in the ring and fight. Its been a couple weeks so i am dying to fight. It also makews me want to work out so i can become a legend like him.