Great Deceivers Lyrics
"Prize Fighter"

I waited on the steps where you slept
For hours that faded
Into years, we gathered and left
The bitter contest unabated
The prize fight we always hated
In the end, couldn't delay it

It's proof that you met your match and walked home
With nothing new to show for it
I needed to know that you remembered
I threw the fight so you could win
Endless and to the death but now it's
Your corner that I'm standing in

So were you provoked?
Or was it foretold that we could have never pulled through
Without bending the rules?
And the burdens on me are now branded on you
Because the knot that once tied us comes loose as you

Push comes to shove
I'm taken to the ropes
With nothing to grab hold of
I held what I thought was owed

So tightly that it broke in two and won't come together
The tighter the bind, the more simple to sever
On the outs is us at our brightest and our best
The weakness in your spine, the way your will just bends
If I could go back again, I'd cut you much deeper
Aim for the throat and the wound that much cleaner

So were you provoked?
Or was it foretold that we could have never pulled through
Without bending the rules?
And the burdens on me are now branded on you
Because the knot that once tied us lets loose as you