This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
The test begins, now
I thought I was smart, I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight, I thought there was a
Virtue in always being cool, so when it came time to
Fight I thought I'll just step aside and that the time would
Prove you wrong and that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Lights begins it's all a mystery
Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
Now than tell me when would be the time that you would stand up
And be a man, for to lose I could accept but to surrender
I just wept and regretted this moment, oh that I, I
Was the fool
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Lights begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life, it's all a mystery
Cause I'm a man not a boy and there are things
You can't avoid you have to face them when you're not prepared
To face them,
If I could I would but you're with him now it'd do no good
I should have fought him but instead I let him, I let
Him take it
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Lights begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life, it's all a mystery
The test is over, now
I thought I was smart, I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight, I thought there was a
Virtue in always being cool, so when it came time to
Fight I thought I'll just step aside and that the time would
Prove you wrong and that you would be the fool
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Lights begins it's all a mystery
Oh to fight is to defend if it's not
Now than tell me when would be the time that you would stand up
And be a man, for to lose I could accept but to surrender
I just wept and regretted this moment, oh that I, I
Was the fool
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Lights begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life, it's all a mystery
Cause I'm a man not a boy and there are things
You can't avoid you have to face them when you're not prepared
To face them,
If I could I would but you're with him now it'd do no good
I should have fought him but instead I let him, I let
Him take it
I don't know where the sun beams end and the star
Lights begins it's all a mystery
And I don't know how a man decides what right for his
Own life, it's all a mystery
The test is over, now
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Fight Test Lyrics as written by Steven Drozd Wayne Coyne
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I think the ironic thing about the song is the line "If I could I would but you're with him now it'd do no good". The whole song is about how he should have tried harder for this girl, but then he is still making excuses and refusing to try. I don't know if that's intentional or not, but I always thought it was funny.
IMHO, this is the best song on Yoshimi. Of course, I'm an idiot, so you can just ignore that.
No your right i love this song too. It is one of their better songs and i totally agree. <br /> And btw you cant possibly be any more idiotic then ME.
This song means sometimes fighting is your only option. If you surrender, well, you will always be ashamed of it.
I think this song has a lot to do with the Flight or Fight stress response phenomenon. That is, when faced with a decision, you can either stand your ground and fight, or you can flee. The title "Fight Test" makes a pun out of the term "Flight Test." In a flight test, you are testing the aereonautical virtues of an aircraft, whereas in a fight test, your girlfriend (or object of your affection) is testing to see if you will fight for her. Or will you flight? In many situations, especially when dealing with physical violence, fleeing is the best choice, however, when your relationship or honor is at stake, you may have to throw down and fight. This song, I think, is the story of a guy who flees rather than fights for his girl. If he had fought, he may have been able to keep her.
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Yes. Heavyhoss has it down to the nail.
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With the song and the official video it seems like a straight forward struggle for the love of a woman. He seems to be addressing his foe in the video but if you read the lyrics it seems that he is fighting his lover. He says that "to fight is to defend", but he did not realize that he was supposed to fight to defend the relationship from the anger of his lover. He did not realize that he had to fight her for her love and that "playing it cool" (letting her blow off steam/win) was not what she needed.
"I don't know where the sun beams end and the star Lights begins it's all a mystery"
Refers to the passage of time and his wondering where it has gone.
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@madscience84 "I don't know where the sun beams end and the star<br /> Lights begins it's all a mystery" <br /> <br /> I always thought this is a reflection of how his views changed. He is reflecting in the moment he faced the choice, he was certain it was better to stay cool. But that turned out wrong. Now he's reflecting he should have done the opposite: Lost his cool, demonstrated he loved her, tell her to tell the other guy to get lost and pick him. Fight for her. But in the time, not fighting was choice that was clear as night and day to him. Now he can't trust himself to tell starlight from sunlight. Night is day, day is night and he's lost his confidence in even making the right choices anymore.
Wonderful track and band....about a man's struggles to find his way in life while he marches to his own drumbeat...
This song isn't about physical violence...stand up and be a man. Fighting for a girl is a lot harder than getting into an actual fight. I've lost fights and I've lost girls and I know which is harder.
i just saw these guys in philly... their show was amazing... so different from anything i'd ever seen... kinda weird, but respectable b/c no one else does these things.... i love this song and they totally blew me away with it
I first saw these dudes in '94 when they opened for Candlebox (yes, dating myself a bit). They started off kinda sounding tinny, but with the first real power chord, Xmas lights all over them and the stage went on. Spectacular. ANyway, this song is phenomenal. It's the kind of music I wanna make out with a cute girl to. Hats off.