The Panics

Don't Fight It

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I have no other way
There is a price to pay
For what the man will say that I was a million miles away
In a promise full of steam
It could take no vacant dream
To persuade me to believe

I think just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is
I think just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is

I left my heart in places
Forgot every one of their faces
And tried to navigate
A broken path of which I may have helped create
In any incident
This is never no accident
To stand alone
And let the silence make itself at home

Ah, give it up
Those dirty tricks
No quick fix
Can undo it
Ah, give it up
I won't resist
My answer's always this

I think just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is
Just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is

Where has my light gone?
Where has my fight gone?
What keeps us burning when the fire is long gone?
When I can’t relate
To that voice without a face
Should I be afraid
Or is it just a voice I did create?

Ah, give it up
Those dirty tricks
No quick fix
Can undo it
Ah, give it up
I won't resist
My answer's always this

I said, don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is
Just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is
Just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is
Just don't fight it
Don't fight it
Don't fight it
If you don't know what it is
If you don't know what it is

No, don't fight it
Don't know what it is
Don't know what it is
No, don't fight it
Don't know what it is
Don't know what it is
No, don't fight it
Don't know what it is
Don't know what it is
No, don't fight it
Don't know what it is
Don't know what it is

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siane On Oct 10, 2007

I have no other way
There is a price to pay
For what the man will say that I was a million miles away
In a promise full of steam
It could take no vacant dream
To persuade me to believe

Ah, give it up
Those dirty tricks
No quick fix
Can undo it
Ah, give it up
I won't resist
My answer's always this

Where has my light gone?
Where has my fight gone?
What keeps us burning when the fire is long gone? 
When I can’t relate
To that voice without a face
Should I be afraid
Or is it just a voice I did create?

Ah, give it up
Those dirty tricks
No quick fix
Can undo it
Ah, give it up
I won't resist
My answer's always this

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2014-05-27 01:06:47

SIANE

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2007-10-10 09:21:55

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by mechanisma

16y ago

Ah, how our brains LOVE to analyze and label and categorize. It's our futile attempt to make sense out of reality. When the truth is that is impossible. The only 'meaning' of this song anyone could offer is an explanation of how this song makes you feel personally. When I hear "the voice without a face" - that to me is the voice in your head. (Not in crazy way - c'mon.. everyone's got the voice..) "Don't fight it", "Let the silence make itself at home" .. This says to me - Allow inner peace to happen. Analysis, labeling, (fighting).. there goes the voice again. Inner turmoil. And we don't know what it is. So smile! :)

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by deli_elly

18y ago

Sometimes when things happen to you that you don't understand, and you don't even have something or someone to guide you, it's not always good to run away from it.

It sounds like he's been through a lot with different people, who've all affected him, but perhaps he hasn't treated as well as he should have? ("and tried to navigate a broken path, of which I may have helped create")

Maybe now he's sick of running from people? Commitments? I think now he'd rather see it for what it is.

Beautiful song.

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by *jasper*

18y ago

nice work deli elly.

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by dockersfan

18y ago

wow i really love this song

Jules' (from the band) Mum lives next door to me. Met him a few times. He;s a really nice guy.

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by fastmotion123

18y ago

he sings so mellow. and 'dockersfan' i'm so jealous you've met him!

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by Shawry

18y ago

I love the singers voice, the music is awsome, i think the song is just about going with the flow, even if you dont know what it is. i love this song, and the only team to barric for is the st kilda saints! im aussie to.

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by kristyalicenance

18y ago

When I first heard it I really though it was a spiritual song. "voice without a face" reffering to god, "In any incident, this is never no accident" I thought also reffered to a god like figure making the future. Now that I've read Deli Elli ha a good meaning too. haha, yeh i met the guys too. Jules is very nice indeed.

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by aurey_90

18y ago

love this song to bits i reckon its about love, gosh as so many songs are lol i see it as him telling a chick to not fight the possibility of them having a future together if she doesnt know how she feels. dont fight it- just go along with it, see how it turns out.

but i also see deli_elly 's views as well. top job there kiddo :)

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by light_bulb101

18y ago

yeh its about forgetting everything and going with the flow.. everything dell_ellys said is probably true

love the brass in this :D

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by nleslie

18y ago

I love this song. His voice is so wonderful.

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by Forrykook 13y ago

So that's what you think this song means?

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