Lyric discussion by lovemebreathless 

Cover art for Battle lyrics by Colbie Caillat

i truly believe this is one of the best songs ever written. colbie's voice is so beautiful!

i know that she wrote it about her opinions on the war, but i think it could also be about a couple who has been together for a really long time, and then his love for her kind of fades. she says "you used to be happy to try" meaning he used to be happy to try to fix any problems in their relationship but now he just doesn't try at all. he's not really telling her how he feels and she says "no lies, we're losing time" meaning that she just wants to know what is real. and she also says "you made a mistake"..maybe he cheated on her or did something to hurt her and she's just asking him to tell her that he loves her and he won't hurt her anymore but he won't because he doesn't know if he can be true to that. or maybe i'm way off lol

either way it's an amazing song.