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The Fighter

by Seth Knappen

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1.
I Want To Be Free 06:40
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Feet can't touch the ground (You're shaking...) I know Look what's coming 'round (Shots taken) All wrong You've been training Every day and night Every reason Looking to fight You tease me I want to be free Keep believing Everything's alright Bob and weaving Every feint and sleight I want to be free Coming back for more Bad timing Head strong Evened up the score Crowd screaming Head turned You've been training Every day and night Every reason Looking to turn on me I want to be free Keep believing Everything's alright That you're winning Losing more every night I want to be free There was only ever, really one man in the ring Turned out every strike was pointed in Just an easy target for the win These times are turning These tides are turning
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Daily Rate 04:22
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These days There's no time to wait Just wait and you'll see Span time Don't anticipate The fate of the seed How can I break free? When you're bringing me down When you're taking me down How can I break free Now? When you're taking me down When you're breaking me down Yeah when you're dragging me down How can I break free Now? Making haste Lay your life to waste The fire grows inside Daily rate Lives incinerate The fire comes alive Hot, Hot Can you keep it hot? (This rhythm's insane!) Hot, Hot Can you keep it hot? (This rhythm's insane!) How can I break free? When you're bringing me down When you're taking me down How can I break free Now? When you're taking me down When you're breaking me down Yeah when you're dragging me down How can I break free Now?
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Fragile Thing 03:34
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It's just a little too late You fell and hit your head It's just a little too late And so you laid and bled All of those beautiful thoughts They up and left your head You weren't the same anymore But you weren't left for dead And as you laid in that bed Feeling all alone The demons came for your head And found you weren't at home The crack it let them right in And then you lost control
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The Fighter 05:10
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Whenever you’re ready here I am any old place will do Take it or leave me as it stands… we’re gonna break everything in two There’s a part of me that’s fine all alone in time you’ll need me you’re with me all mine
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It Comes Around 04:55
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Hey little thrill Don't you know there's just enough To go Around? Careful what you ask for Watch out! What you want It comes Around And you wonder why And you wonder why It's alright You've got to leave the past behind Leave before the ash is Falling down On you Leave all your aggression Everything in time
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Night Sweats 04:50
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Never Enough 04:38
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Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Get up Get up Get up Get up! You keep on living in that fantasy life Your heart it beats like a drum You’re working hard But harder it comes That’s just the way that it goes You keep on thinking you can make it alright Coming apart at the seams You’re thinking hard But not hard enough Could it be just what it seems? Even when tears are falling It’s not enough Through all these years still flowing It’s not enough To break your heart Not enough It’s never enough To take you apart Not enough That’s just the way that it goes Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Get up Get up Knocked down… get up Knocked down… get up Feeling like everything is turned inside out Right is wrong, up is down You’re working hard But not hard enough That’s just the way that it goes Even when tears are falling It’s not enough Through all these years still flowing It’s not enough To break your heart Not enough It’s never enough To take you apart Not enough That’s just the way that it goes
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Howling Heart 05:38
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You and I We wanted more But still the same Came right on through Oh no Oh yeah But you wanted to be free Yeah you wanted to be free Marching Arm in arm To be What we can dream Shouting out loud into the sky Cause we can feel it Cause we can see it Cause we can be there Cause we can be there Tonight! It’s just a matter of time Before you get up again And again Before you get up again And again I know you will… You’ve got a howling heart Time to wake it up I’ve got a howling heart Time to wake it up We’ve got a howling heart Time to wake it up We've got a howling heart

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The Fighter is a concept album about strength, resilience, and the "fighting spirit," presented through an exploration of the inner life of the one who gets knocked down over and over again, only to get back up and dust off for a rematch. As usual, the songs are written from a personal space that speaks to the lived experience of the author, almost dying as a child after being hit by a car and later taking up boxing and free-fighting as a part of the coping process. And yet the album's message is universal and speaks to anyone who walks a path of hardship with messages of comfort and inspiration.

Musically, The Fighter melds together 'traditional' songcraft with sonic exploration, interspersing moments of words and melody with contemplative soundscapes.

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released September 9, 2016

All songs written, performed, recorded, and produced by Seth Knappen

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