Yeah, Mozza went through a phase of obsession with Boxing (see Boxers as the most obvious reference).
This song's just so poignant and moving. It's brimming with emotion and seems to combine the heroin addiction and his downfall from boxing.
Here's an article on the aforementioned Sonny Liston. The story could refer to anyone but may well be drawn from this.
Although set in the boxing world, it generalises to the helplessness of seeing someone ruin themselves, doing all you can and not being able to aid them.
Yeah, Mozza went through a phase of obsession with Boxing (see Boxers as the most obvious reference). This song's just so poignant and moving. It's brimming with emotion and seems to combine the heroin addiction and his downfall from boxing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Liston
Here's an article on the aforementioned Sonny Liston. The story could refer to anyone but may well be drawn from this. Although set in the boxing world, it generalises to the helplessness of seeing someone ruin themselves, doing all you can and not being able to aid them.