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Editors
In This Light and on This Evening
The Boxer

TRACK

The Boxer

Release date: 9th September 2009

From In This Light and on This Evening

Track 6

4:42

Rock Music Alternative Indie Rock

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About This Track

"The Boxer" is a track by Editors, from the album In This Light and on This Evening, released 9th September 2009. The track is 4:42 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Editors.

About the Artist

Editors

Editors

Lyrics

The Boxer

A bruised full moon play fights with the stars
This place is our prison
Its cells are the bars
So take me to town
I wanna dance with the city
Show me something ugly,
And show me something pretty

Damn this place makes a boy out of me
The ring meets my face by the count of three

An unwanted sun pulls rank in the sky
The boxer isn't finished
He's not ready to die
I'm attracted to the light
I'm attracted to the heat
It's a violent night
There are boxers in the street

Damn this place makes a boy out of me
The ring meets my face by the count of three
And damn this place makes a boy out of me
The ring meets my face I'm a fallen oak tree

Dazed in the final count
Dazed in the final count
Dazed in the final count
Dazed in the final count

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Track details

From In This Light and on This Evening

4:422009

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Album

In This Light and on This Evening

10th September 2009

Track number

6

Release year

2009

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6The Boxer

4:42

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9Walk the Fleet Road

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11I Want a Forest

12My Life As a Ghost

14For the Money

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Chris Urbanowicz, Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Tom Smith
Producer: Flood