Slight Figure of Speech

They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
It's hard to tell from where
I'm sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
I guess it's 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 "Don't 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 won't let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what
I've been?
What I am?
Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around 'cause you're
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It's not you, it's not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don't want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won't 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 can't 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?