Lyric discussion by heather88 

Cover art for Amber lyrics by 311

Crazy, pretty much everyone else on this board thought it was a romantic song.

Definite Helen of Troy reference in the launched a thousand ships. Helen of Troy was "the face that launched a thousand ships", which started the Trojan war, which is now a brand of condom.

Maybe he doesn't want to get into a war with anyone over her.

To me, the line "nothing good comes easily, sometimes you got to fight", is probably the best line, because of the motivation involved with fighting for something special meaningful whatever. Which I guess is what needs to happen in high-risk-of-temptation type of relationships.