Consider the odds
Consider the obvious
The martyr is meaningless
The campaign has died

In the planning stages
And the fallen faces
Are the singular proof
That it was ever alive

This purchased rebellion
Has been outbidded
Denounced and rescinded
And left to die championless

Championless, championless

I begged you not to go
I begged you, I pleaded
Claimed you as my only hope
And watched the floor as you retreated

Hope has sprung a perfect dive
A perfect day, a perfect lie
A slowly crafted monologue
Conceding your defeat

This purchased rebellion
Has been outbidded
Denounced and rescinded
And left to die championless

Championless, championless

I begged you not to go
I begged you, I pleaded
Claimed you as my only hope
And watched the floor as you retreated

Does it comfort you to know you fought the good fight?
Basking in your victory, hollow and alone
To boast your bitter bragging rights to anyone who'll listen
While you're left with nothing tangible to gain


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The Good Fight Lyrics as written by Christopher Andrew Carrabba

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    ok obviously he is hurt. but why?>? Looking at the title "the good fight," and " does it comfort you to know you fought the good fight," there must have been a quarrel of some type. And the way he felt was wrong and she was right, and if there was any fight for her to participate in, it was this one, because she would win, though there are no winners and losers in love. But even though she won, he still wanted her, " I begged you not to go, i begged you, i pleaded. " But she doesn't care, she is done with him, and goes around telling everyone how they are over, she basically hates him, and she was right and won the fight. "to boast your bitter bragging rights to anyone who'll listen." And though she was right, and Chris was wrong, people dont care, and "she's left with nothing tangible to gain."

    Empirer85on July 24, 2002   Link

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