I'm surprised nobody has said this so far: I think this song is about anger, and that the name is intentionally ironic. imho, what the chorus is saying is that the narrator has lost all joy in what he does (which doesn't have to be anything specific, just his life in general whever it may be), but is forcing himself onward regardless. Picture a burly man, chained to some great weight, straining forward, fighting it with the same determination and passion as if it was an opponent on a battlefield. To me, the narrator is the same, except what he's straining against is emotional and psychological burdens instead of physical ones.
I'm surprised nobody has said this so far: I think this song is about anger, and that the name is intentionally ironic. imho, what the chorus is saying is that the narrator has lost all joy in what he does (which doesn't have to be anything specific, just his life in general whever it may be), but is forcing himself onward regardless. Picture a burly man, chained to some great weight, straining forward, fighting it with the same determination and passion as if it was an opponent on a battlefield. To me, the narrator is the same, except what he's straining against is emotional and psychological burdens instead of physical ones.