Fight Test

Lyrics

The test begins now
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 I thought I was smart
 I thought I was right
 I thought it better not to fight
 I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
 So it came time to fight
 I thought I'll just step aside
 And that the time would prove you wrong
 And that you would be the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 
 Oh, to fight is to defend
 If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
 That you would stand up and be a man
 For to lose, I could accept
 But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
 Oh that I, I was the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 
 'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
 And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
 When you're not prepared to face them
 If I could, I would
 But you're with him now, I'd do no good
 I should have fought him, but instead I let him
 I let him take you
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 ♪
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 'Cause I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
 Mystery
 ♪
 The test is over now
 
 The test begins now
 ♪
 ♪
 I thought I was smart
 I thought I was right
 I thought it better not to fight
 I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
 So it came time to fight
 I thought I'll just step aside
 And that the time would prove you wrong
 And that you would be the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 
 Oh, to fight is to defend
 If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
 That you would stand up and be a man
 For to lose, I could accept
 But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
 Oh that I, I was the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 
 'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
 And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
 When you're not prepared to face them
 If I could, I would
 But you're with him now, I'd do no good
 I should have fought him, but instead I let him
 I let him take you
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 ♪
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 'Cause I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
 Mystery
 ♪
 The test is over now
 
 The test begins now
 ♪
 ♪
 I thought I was smart
 I thought I was right
 I thought it better not to fight
 I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
 So it came time to fight
 I thought I'll just step aside
 And that the time would prove you wrong
 And that you would be the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 
 Oh, to fight is to defend
 If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
 That you would stand up and be a man
 For to lose, I could accept
 But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
 Oh that I, I was the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 
 'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
 And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
 When you're not prepared to face them
 If I could, I would
 But you're with him now, I'd do no good
 I should have fought him, but instead I let him
 I let him take you
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 ♪
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 'Cause I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
 Mystery
 ♪
 The test is over now
 
 The test begins now
 ♪
 ♪
 I thought I was smart
 I thought I was right
 I thought it better not to fight
 I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
 So it came time to fight
 I thought I'll just step aside
 And that the time would prove you wrong
 And that you would be the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 
 Oh, to fight is to defend
 If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
 That you would stand up and be a man
 For to lose, I could accept
 But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
 Oh that I, I was the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 
 'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
 And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
 When you're not prepared to face them
 If I could, I would
 But you're with him now, I'd do no good
 I should have fought him, but instead I let him
 I let him take you
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 ♪
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 'Cause I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
 Mystery
 ♪
 The test is over now
 
 The test begins now
 ♪
 ♪
 I thought I was smart
 I thought I was right
 I thought it better not to fight
 I thought there was a virtue in always being cool
 So it came time to fight
 I thought I'll just step aside
 And that the time would prove you wrong
 And that you would be the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 
 Oh, to fight is to defend
 If it's not now, then tell me when would be the time
 That you would stand up and be a man
 For to lose, I could accept
 But to surrender I just wept and regretted this moment
 Oh that I, I was the fool
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 
 'Cause I'm a man, not a boy
 And there are things you can't avoid, you have to face them
 When you're not prepared to face them
 If I could, I would
 But you're with him now, I'd do no good
 I should have fought him, but instead I let him
 I let him take you
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 ♪
 I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery
 'Cause I don't know how a man decides
 What's right for his own life
 It's all a mystery
 And I don't know where the sunbeams end
 And the starlights begin
 It's all a mystery (but instead I wanna take it)
 Mystery
 ♪
 The test is over now
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:16
Key
9
Tempo
82 BPM

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