Slight Figure of Speech

They say youve got to lose a couple fights to win
Its hard to tell from where
Im sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess its time that
I was quitting
A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like
I was hoping now?
They said 'I hope that you will never change'
I went and cut my hair
They say 'Dont take your business to the big time'
I bought us tickets there
A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like
I was hoping now?
What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression
I wont let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what
Ive been?
What I am?
Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around cause youre
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
Its not you, its not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I dont want to fight
I just ask let me be
I wont give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through
A jet plane and a big idea
I jump over the sea
What ifs hot on my trail
But that cant catch me, no
A slight figure of speech
I cut my chest wide open
They come and watch us bleed
Is it art like
I was hoping now?