Fighting For Nothing Lyrics - Here, Here And Here - Meg & Dia

When I was younger, I wish 

That I would have known better 

Better love makes a fat romance 

Lasts for more than a shoe shine 

I'm older, took all the words of my mother 

Saying, "It could be worse. 

Could be born with that disease 

Instead of catching it first." 

So let's go back to the first time 

That I met you in your Chevy 

With your hands stretched and me 

Crying, screaming, "Mercy! Mercy!" 

But I know that I was put here 

To fight vikings in a cold war 

With my arms out in the front lines 

Singing, "Dare me. Dare me." 

But these things take time, love 

These things take backbone 

And they'll tell you what you want to hear 

'Cause they think it's better, better 

But you better know how to point out the liars 

You've got to weigh your wars, make sure 

You're not fighting for nothing, nothing 

Are you fighting for nothing, nothing? 

It feels like this world has been 

Growing slowly upside down 

Maybe I should move to China 

Straighten this mess out 

Maybe I'll be a poet 

Watch all the sky for falling words 

Write about my grandma's curtains 

Or the lady who put 

The Chinese buffet in her purse 

I've got my mouth, it's a weapon 

It's a bombshell, it's a cannon 

I've got my words 

I won't give them mercy, mercy 

But these things take time, love 

These things take backbone 

And they'll tell you what you want to hear 

'Cause they think it's better, better 

But you better know how to point out the liars 

You've got to weigh your wars, make sure 

You're not fighting for nothing, nothing 

Are you fighting for nothing, nothing? 

I've got my words, I hope they hurt you 

I hope they scar you, I hope they heal you 

I hope they cut you open, make you see you've been warring 

For all the wrong reasons, make you see 

That some things are worth bruising for 

Make you see that your name is your honor code 

Make you see that your hands you're accounted for 

Pick and choose where your sweat and your blood will go 

Make you see your life's not to be lived alone 

Run their spit through your hair 

You're worth nothing, nothing 

These things take time, love 

These things take backbone 

And they'll tell you what you want to hear 

'Cause they think it's better, better 

But you better know how to point out the liars 

You've got to weigh your wars, make sure 

You're not fighting for nothing, nothing 

But these things take time, love 

These things take backbone 

And they'll tell you what you want to hear 

'Cause they think it's better, better 

But you better know how to point out the liars 

You've got to weigh your wars, make sure 

You're not fighting for nothing, nothing 

Are you fighting for nothing, nothing?