Fight Song

Rachel Platten

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Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion

Yes, right. Life is hard. Our position is nothing more than a small boat crossing a vast
ocean. We have to endure all losses, injustices that will continue to hit for some time.
But that doesn't mean we don't have the opportunity to row. Get out of the storm and
the waves. Maybe we just give up, but as long as we stick to what we believe, no matter
how small it is, we can still make an impact.

II
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

Each of us must have things that will be a secret that is stored in our heads, who knows
how long. Those words, is it time for us to vent all our complaints in front of the crowd?
Maybe some of us will keep that thing forever. But gradually, when things get more and
more worrisome, we need the ultimate move. And when that time comes, we will shout
it as loud as we can so that other people will know what we have been thinking.

III
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song

Maybe when the time comes, we should really show who we really are. When other
people drop our lives, that's when we have to give everything we can to prove that we're
still okay.

My power's turned on
Starting right now
I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
 And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

We all have our own resistance. And that's when it's a moment that will show how
strong we are. They don't believe our dreams, they even look at us as ridiculous. What
we must realize is, it is more important to respond to what our deepest self says, rather
than respond to the words of others.

Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep

Everybody's worried about me
In too deep
Say I'm in too deep (I'm in too deep)
And it's been two years
I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
And I still believe
Yeah I still believe

"I miss my home" here does not mean Rachel has missed the atmosphere of her home
for the past two years. Through the lyrics, we realize that we have gone too far: when it
comes to clinging to something. How can we really be too arrogant to not care if other
people don't believe it. We want to go home not because it is about the house, but
about the home in the person. The place where you come home and feel calm.

Back to II, III

A lot of fight left in me

Back to I, III
Now I've still got a lot of fight left in me

Resistance in question is how we try to fight what other people say. Life is like that,
there are many mouths out there that sometimes can easily break the spirit we have so
hard to build.
We don't need to cover our ears for that. We just need to react to it: good words can be
used as motivation, while bad words we have to block as hard as we can so that they
can't hit our spirits.
Because in fact, the most formidable resistance is not against other people, but against
what is within ourselves. Because that's where we come from.