The Fighter Lyrics
And the be well
Quite honest with ya,
I ain't really sleep well
Ya ever feel like your train of thought's been derailed?
That's when you press on Lee nails
Half the population's just waitin' to see me fail
Yeah right, you're better off trying to freeze hell
Some of us do it for the females
And others do it for the retails
Every time you fall it's only making your chin strong
And I be in your quarter like mid, baby, til the end
Or when you hear this song from that big lady
Until both your eyes start to swell
Until the crowd goes home
What we gonna do y'all?
Gonna live life till we're dead.
Give me scars, give me pain
Then they'll say to me, say to me, say to me
There goes a fighter, there goes a fighter
Here comes a fighter
That's what they'll say to me, say to me
Say to me, this one's a fighter
There's no reason you should ever have your head down
Six foot five, two hundred and twenty pounds
Hailing from rock bottom, Loserville, nothing town
And now I'm yelling "kiss my a**,"
It's gonna take a couple right hooks, a few left jabs
For you to recognize that you really ain't got it bad
Until both your eyes start to swell
Until the crowd goes home
What we gonna do y'all?
Gonna live life til we're dead.
Give me scars, give me pain
Then they'll say to me, say to me, say to me
There goes a fighter, there goes a fighter
Here comes a fighter
That's what they'll say to me, say to me
Say to me, this one's a fighter
What we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
What we gonna do?
Y'all
And when your bones can't take no more
Just remember what you're here for
'Cause I know I'ma damn sure
Gonna live life till we're dead.
Give me scars, give me pain
Then they'll say to me, say to me, say to me
There goes a fighter, there goes a fighter
Here comes a fighter
That's what they'll say to me, say to me
Say to me, this one's a fighter
Till both ya eyes start to swell
Till the crowd goes home,
What we gonna do kid?
This song is incredibly inspirational and has so much more deeper meaning than I think people really get or understand. I feel it might even be spirutual.
until the referee rings the bell (until life lets up on you) until both your eyes start to swell (literal meaning being punched time and time again, your eyes swell. Second meaning, your eyes swell before you're about to cry; in others words, keep fighting no matter how much pain you feel, emotional, phsyical or otherwise.
"give them hell, turn they're heads, gonna live life till we're dead" (Don't back down! Be strong, be confident, don't let their words or their gossip or bullying (whatever it may be) get the best of you, so that whenever they see you, they'll know you're a fighter, you don't take anyone's "B.S." per say, you won't let them define you or make you feel bad about yourself. You're a fighter!)
"Give me scars, Give me pain" (continue to hurt me and bring me down, it's only making me stronger)
Then they'll say to me , say to me, there's go a fighter (Everyone will know you as someone who goes uneffected by negativity, you're strong, as made an example in the intrudction verse you are a fighter, you are strong! Prove to them you're unbreakable)
"if you fall pick yourself up off the floor and when your bones can't take no more, just remember what you're here for, cause I know i'm a damn sure" (This means when you feel exhausted, when you feel you just have no fight left in you, life knocks you down time and time again and you begin feeling helpless, think of the bigger purpose of life. We're not here to please everyone else, I feel this song may have some spiritual meaning behind it, he's saying don't get caught up in what people say or what life throws your way, instead, remeber we are all here for a bigger purpose and reason, our lives are God's master plan and cannot simply be dictated by nay sayers or unfortunate circumstances. At the end of the verse, he's saying he know's the bigger purpose, but he's hoping people listening will get the bigger picture on this verse but even if they don't they can take it as something else that suits their scenerio but he "know's he's a damn sure" meaning he knows there's a bigger purpose, a reason to keep fghting.)
I pointed out the parts I found most significant to me, the rest is pretty self explanatory.
Although "Until the referee rings the bell" could be understood to mean "until life lets up on you," I think more generally it refers to death.
Although "Until the referee rings the bell" could be understood to mean "until life lets up on you," I think more generally it refers to death.
It's oddly inspirational, and not to mention catchy.
My interpretation of the song is that it's about just not giving up.
My interpretation is: Its about not giving no matter how bad it gets
i can't stop listening to this song. its like, I'm having a bad day and I'm ready to give up and call it quits on life, this song comes on and I'm like, yea i got this no matter how much pain I'm feeling, or the scars i create on my body, i gotta keep my head up and push on through.
"give em hell, raise there heads gotta live life till we're dead"
to me it means you gotta keep being yourself, raise a little hell and don't give up until your last breath
I love this song.
I'm an old-school classic rock fan, but this song lifts me up every time I hear it. Yes, it's catchy. But that's not why I love it. The lyrics are powerfully inspiring. Sometimes they bring tears to my eyes. The author is right - we really ain't got it bad.