Lyric discussion by terraryzin 

Cover art for The Torch lyrics by Dropkick Murphys

My friend always used to tell me this song reminded him of his dad he's been doing a mans man's job biulding houses from scratch etc , having to work all his life now hes getting older i.e 'your backs ben broken you cant make the rounds' and now he's just bitter (you've taken it out on the ones you adore)