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Enemy, familiar friend
My beginning and my end.
Knowing truth, whispering lies
And it hurts again.
What I fear and what I've tried,
Words I say and what I hide.
All the pain, I want it to end
But I want it again.
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins.
And it's raging
The fight inside is breaking me again.
I'm still the same, pursuing pain.
Is it worth all that I've gained?
We both know how this will end,
But I'd do it again.
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins.
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again.
And it finds me
The war within me pulls me under.
And without You
The fight inside is breaking me again.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins.
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again.
It's breaking me.
It's breaking me.
I'm falling apart.
I'm falling apart.
My beginning and my end.
Knowing truth, whispering lies
And it hurts again.
What I fear and what I've tried,
Words I say and what I hide.
All the pain, I want it to end
But I want it again.
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins.
And it's raging
The fight inside is breaking me again.
I'm still the same, pursuing pain.
Is it worth all that I've gained?
We both know how this will end,
But I'd do it again.
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins.
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again.
And it finds me
The war within me pulls me under.
And without You
The fight inside is breaking me again.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
(It's nothing.) It's everything.
And it finds me
The fight inside is coursing through my veins.
And it's raging
The fight inside is hurting me again.
It's breaking me.
It's breaking me.
I'm falling apart.
I'm falling apart.
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Track duration: 04:09
"Fight Inside" as written by Bernie/rauch Herms
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end"
I think the first verse is the beginning of how the song contrasts good vs evil. The enemy (satan) and the familiar friend (Jesus). His beginning (we are all born into sin & death) and his end (with Jesus he is going to end in victory and in life).
"Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurts again."
He knows the truth (the Word of God), but whispers the lies of the world. Maybe he is afraid to talk about God around others that aren't Christian. He is essentially torn between the world which he knows is against God and being obedient and he hurts every time he fails to be obedient to God.
"What I fear and what I try,
Words I say and what I hide"
more contrasts going on inside of him...
"All the pain, I want it to end,
But I want it again."
He feels remorse for being disobedient but the "soul or flesh" part of him still wants to do wrong- perhaps succumb to some temptations.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coursing through my veins"
This part sounds like the fight inside between the Holy Spirit inside of us that knows and yearns for us to follow His Word and the flesh part of us that wants to go it's own way and sin.
"And it's raging,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
It sounds like he is really tired of fighting, giving in to sin and then feeling remorseful...wishing he could overcome.
"It's still the same, pursuing pain,
Isn't worth all I have gained."
This sounds like he is smart enough to know that the enemy will (lie) make sin sound so good (kind of like how credit card companies try to entice us to get in more debt) but once he partakes he realizes what exactly it is going to cost him- more than he thought and more than he was willing to pay.
"We both know how this will end,
But I do it again."
He knows that the sin will lead to more bondage and the desire to sin gets stronger each time he does it. It ultimately leads to death and separation from God if not resisted.
And it's raging,
The fight inside is hurting me again.
The enemy is really giving this guy a fight and since he gave in to sin, it is more painful than before (because sin begets more sin)
"And it finds me,
The war within me pulls me under."
The enemy is relentless and it is overwhelming him. He is learning that he can't fight this battle on his own- He needs the supernatural strength of God.
"And without You,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
Again, he is realizing and now telling God that he needs him to win this fight and to be obedient. We cannot overcome sin without Jesus, which is why He came to Earth- not to condemn us but to overcome sin for us!!
"It's nothing.
It's everything."
This is a perfect example of how God tells us truth (it's everything- it's your LIFE, your ETERNITY on the line) and how the enemy whispers the lie to us that it's nothing. It's ok to sin, it won't hurt, it's fun- hey everybody is doing it... The voices get louder opposing each other.. you can almost feel the angels and demons fighting over this man.. awesome song!!
Enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end"
I think the first verse is the beginning of how the song contrasts good vs evil. The enemy (satan) and the familiar friend (Jesus). His beginning (we are all born into sin & death) and his end (with Jesus he is going to end in victory and in life).
"Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurts again."
He knows the truth (the Word of God), but whispers the lies of the world. Maybe he is afraid to talk about God around others that aren't Christian. He is essentially torn between the world which he knows is against God and being obedient and he hurts every time he fails to be obedient to God.
"What I fear and what I try,
Words I say and what I hide"
more contrasts going on inside of him...
"All the pain, I want it to end,
But I want it again."
He feels remorse for being disobedient but the "soul or flesh" part of him still wants to do wrong- perhaps succumb to some temptations.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coursing through my veins"
This part sounds like the fight inside between the Holy Spirit inside of us that knows and yearns for us to follow His Word and the flesh part of us that wants to go it's own way and sin.
"And it's raging,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
It sounds like he is really tired of fighting, giving in to sin and then feeling remorseful...wishing he could overcome.
"It's still the same, pursuing pain,
Isn't worth all I have gained."
This sounds like he is smart enough to know that the enemy will (lie) make sin sound so good (kind of like how credit card companies try to entice us to get in more debt) but once he partakes he realizes what exactly it is going to cost him- more than he thought and more than he was willing to pay.
"We both know how this will end,
But I do it again."
He knows that the sin will lead to more bondage and the desire to sin gets stronger each time he does it. It ultimately leads to death and separation from God if not resisted.
And it's raging,
The fight inside is hurting me again.
The enemy is really giving this guy a fight and since he gave in to sin, it is more painful than before (because sin begets more sin)
"And it finds me,
The war within me pulls me under."
The enemy is relentless and it is overwhelming him. He is learning that he can't fight this battle on his own- He needs the supernatural strength of God.
"And without You,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
Again, he is realizing and now telling God that he needs him to win this fight and to be obedient. We cannot overcome sin without Jesus, which is why He came to Earth- not to condemn us but to overcome sin for us!!
"It's nothing.
It's everything."
This is a perfect example of how God tells us truth (it's everything- it's your LIFE, your ETERNITY on the line) and how the enemy whispers the lie to us that it's nothing. It's ok to sin, it won't hurt, it's fun- hey everybody is doing it... The voices get louder opposing each other.. you can almost feel the angels and demons fighting over this man.. awesome song!!
the character has fallen for a girl. he hates himself so much for having these feelings. they hurt him him, and he wants them to go away. he tries to carry on normally, but can't get her out of his head. and no, he won't talk to her, that would just make everything worse, as it always has.
"Enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end"
We're all born sinful (though if we die as a baby, we automatically go to Heaven), and so he's saying he's had this inner demon his whole life. The inner demon pretended to be his friend, and yet he realizes it's his enemy.
"Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurts again."
He's saying here that his inner demon knows what is right ("knowing truth") but chooses to tell him lies. And when he sings "it hurts again" I think it means that every time he listens to this inner demon and does something sinful, it hurts him spiritually.
"What I fear and what I try,
Words I say and what I heard"
This part sounds to me like he fears to do what his inner demon tells him to do (maybe he doesn't want to anger his love ones) but he does it anyway. The "words I say" part sounds to me like he lies to his loved ones, saying that he had no idea why he has sinned, but he's only doing so because his inner demon told him so despite the fact he didn't want to.
"All the pain, I want it to end,
But I want it again."
Here it tells me the singer IS feeling the spiritual pain, and yet some part of him wants to listen to his inner demon.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coursing through my veins"
This part tells me that his inner demon had been quiet for a while, but now it's telling him to sin once more. He's trying to resist it, because one part of him does not want to sin anymore.
"And it's raging,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
But here it tells me he's losing this fight once more.
"It's still the same, pursuing pain,
Isn't worth the lie I've gained."
Here it tells me that one part of him still believed that this inner demon was his friend (hence the "lie I've gained" part) and yet another part of him knows that it still is feeding on his pain.
"We both know how this will end,
But I do it again."
I think this part is saying that the singer knows that, with the help with God, he'll win the war waging inside of him. And when he said that he'd do it again, maybe that's because it helped him grow spiritually and for the fact that part of him still wanted to listen to his inner demon
And it's raging,
The fight inside is hurting me again.
This line tells me (since it differs from the first time) that he did lose this battle and that it, once again, hurt him spiritually.
"And it finds me,
The war within me pulls me under."
Basically, his inner demon tells him to do another sinful thing, and he's so caught up in trying to resist it, that it's preoccupying his everyday life.
"And without You,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
These two lines tell me that he cannot win this "fight inside" without God's help.
"It's nothing.
It's everything."
I'm not sure, exactly, but it seems like this shows that one part of him is saying, "It's nothing," meaning, "God is nothing, forget about Him" while "It's everything" means that one part of him still wants to obey God, so he's saying, "No, He's everything."
"It's breaking me.
I'm falling apart."
These two lines are very self-explanatory. The first line is telling me that he's having a hard time winning this fight, while the second line tells me that he is crumbling under the pressure of this fight without God.
To me, this song everyone can relate to, Christians, non-Christians and Atheists alike.=)
Ok, most people have it right, that the fight inside is referring to a spiritual, internal battle between good and evil, or the desires of the spirit and those of the flesh. I hope to expound on a few of the above ideas and add a few of my own to help clarify the true underlying meaning of this song (although it may not be 100% congruent with the songwriters), as well as to dispel any erroneous interpretations, not to put any one down, but rather to give the meaning that Red would be in accordance with. I'm sure that they, however, would likewise encourage others to apply the lyrics to their own lives in more specific ways.
First off, Red is a Christian band: they themselves are Christians along with the lyrical content of their songs. This song in particular, The Fight Inside, is off of their album "Innocence and Instinct." This fact must be noted while deciphering the meaning of the song. Innocence and Instinct is a concept album, and this track just so happens to be the focal point of that concept. This concept, according to Red, is based off of the struggle between "the good and the bad" inside a person, with some of their ideas coming from Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno and Charles Baudelaire.
The fight inside that is being referred to is the direct result of original sin, or rather it's left-over remains after baptism, concupiscence, which is the inclination toward evil. According to C.S. Lewis we are like "the bent ones," who are weighted down by this sinful nature; we are like a cracked windshield: we function properly and are inherently good, yet our vision is obscured. Concupiscence distorts are reason and blinds us from the truth. Think of life as a journey to the top of a mountain, with the summit being heaven. There are many things that catch your attention off to the side of the path that distract you and keep you from proceeding up the mountain: that's what concupiscence does.
St. Paul explains this "fight inside" in depth in his New Testament letters. For example, he says that he does the things which he does not wish to do, in comparison to the song which says, "All the pain, I want it to end, but I want it again." If you and I know something is wrong and we know there will be consequences attached, why do we do it anyways? Why do we make the same mistakes over and over again, even when we resolve avoid them? Because, like the song says, there is a fight going on inside of us every day, a spiritual battle that is raging inside of us. And I hate to say it, but every person has that battle, and not one of them can win it alone. Only by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior will you ultimately win the battle within yourself. You must claim the victory that Jesus won for you on the cross.
Alright, in regards to specific lyrics, he says, "enemy, familiar friend" because the temptation (the name I'll give to the "fight inside')has a double personality: at one moment it seems so appealing and friendly, and the other it is his bitter enemy that he resents and tries to get rid of.
"My beginning and my end" refers to the temptation also, saying that it is always there, that it is the catalyst of his superficial joy and the pain that follows. It gets him going, and then it brings him down, coinciding in meaning with the lyrics in "Death of Me," a song whose lyrics are linked inextricably to "The Fight Inside," for they both refer to the malicious nature of worldly passions.
Just listen to the song! Take what the band stands for and believes in, add it to what they personally have to say about their music, and then you will know what they are going for, and in this case, it is rather profound- so profound that t our salvation hinges on this concept! The speaker says in this song that the fight inside him is hurting him, and without God it is breaking him, again, meaning that this is a repeating occurrence. (And yes, I am sure that the "You" referred to in the hook is God).
If you blow all this off, take it for granted, and just forget about it, you're risking the chance of living for eternity with God in heaven. And if not, then so what. What do you have to lose? if you don't believe in the fight inside, or if you just ignore it and wish it away, then you have already lost the battle. You must arm yourself with the knowledge of truth, for the battle rages on and it will not end until we die and ultimately when Jesus comes again in glory at the Parousia.
"It's nothing, it's everything" sums up this paradox. The fight inside may seem insignificant and unimportant, but ultimately the outcome of that spiritual battle determines where you will spend the rest of eternity. The voice in your head whispers to you,"That's nothing, who cares. Just do it," when in reality, committing that sinful action will cost you everything. Do not lose hope, for just as the song implicitly suggests, if we have God on our side then we have already won the battle within us. And God bless anyone who actually read this whole thing, because it will truly pay off in the end.
A.M.D.G.
The song is about himself. When you are struggling with something you want to look out for help but your sin wants to hide. With that in mind the writer of this song is struggling with something and so is using this song to look out for help yet it is going to be cryptic. As if he only wants those who will really pursue the meaning will find it's truth, his truth. The first line is about himself.
"Enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end
Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurts again."
I am my own worst enemy. I know what is right and yet I deceive myself. I wind up in a trap that I should have seen. I'm not alone in this struggle. Every believer knows the truth and yet sins.
"What I fear and what I try,
Words I say and what I heard,
All the pain, I want it to end,
But I want it again."
The song isn't about any specific addiction. Only an addiction to sin. I'm pretty sure that RED is composed of mature believers and so I'm pretty sure that they write their songs to lead others to truth. They aren't going to write about something so specific that others can't apply it to their life. Everyone has to deal with their self. He knows that sin is wrong but he choses it.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins,
And it's raging,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
This is the chorus so it doesn't fit in the "story line" of the song but it has to do more with the overall meaning. It's the fight INSIDE. It is destructive. This is his confession I guess you would say.
"It's still the same, pursuing pain,
Isn't worth the lie I've gained.
We both know how this will end,
But I do it again."
He bought into the lie of sin being better and he is saying the painful effects aren't worth this "gain" then he addresses the audience saying that it is obvious that it is wrong but he still choses it.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins.
And it's raging,
The fight inside is hurting me again.
And it finds me,
The war within me pulls me under.
And without You,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
I guess the climax of the song. This is the point that he is making in the song. You need Jesus or your sin is going to break you.
"It's nothing.
It's everything."
Denial is something that many people need to understand. Most people are in denial of some pain in their life. When you finally realize you have a problem you say oh it's nothing... When you realize that it is hurting you, you realize it affects everything in your life. Also the back and forth part reminds me of when you think that you can fix yourself and you fall into a routine of addiction where you "fix yourself" and then you fall back into it and then you fix yourself again...
"It's breaking me.
I'm falling apart."
This song is the perfect introduction into their next song "death of me" He doesn't fix his problems in the song. Life is a constant struggle.
On a side note the musical part of this song is amazing. It strikes emotion and it sounds crazy.
Peace and what not -JF12
Enemy, familiar friend,
- the drugs are his enemies but his best friend because they help him escape at the same time.
My beginning and my end,
-Their going to be the death of him
Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurts again.
What I fear and what I try,
Words I say and what I heard,
All the pain, I want it to end,
-He wants his addiction to end, but
But I want it again.
-Hes conflicted because he wants the feeling and the escape so badly, and it overpowers his will to stop because the addiction and escape is so much more powerful.
And it finds me,
-The drug finds a way to get him to use it again because of something really bad that happened recently that pushed him to want the escape and relief of carelessness.
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins,
-First of all its the heroine or whatever drug hes using traveling through his veins and its conflicting with his will to stop them and get his life straight. Its a war within him. Because the blood travels through his brain too so its a war between addiction and will.
And it's raging,
-Its a war that has no breaks. Its constantly raging inside of his body.
The fight inside is breaking me again.
-The fight becomes to much to bear so he caves in and starts using again.
It's still the same, pursuing pain,
-No matter what he does or what the drug does for him in the moment, it always leads to agony.
Isn't worth the lie I've gained.
-The pleasure isn't worth the lie hes been telling everyone about quitting and using when no one is around.
We both know how this will end,
-He knows how it can end, all it takes to stop it is him saying no to his addiction, but...
But I do it again.
-He does it again anyways because he 'needs' it.
And it finds me,
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins.
And it's raging,
The fight inside is hurting me again.
And it finds me,
-Repeat.
The war within me pulls me under.
-The constant struggle of quitting brings him into an even greater depression.
And without You,
The fight inside is breaking me again.
-Without this girl who hes become attached too, he cannot overcome his addiction.
It's nothing.
-Him telling his brain that the drug doesn't mean anything to him and that he should stop.
It's everything.
-The other side within his body telling himself that this is his only way out.
It's breaking me.
-The drugs are winning.
I'm falling apart.
-Hes slowly loosing the war.