To Fight a Lion

Achievement for the sake of achievement Ambition for the sake of ambition Oh, if you speak, you better say it like you mean it Go on and set yourself upon some superficial mission I'm, I'm gonna fight I'm gonna fight a lion Oh, oh, yeah-bah-doo-bee I'm gonna fight a lion Oh, ah, oh I've heard of monks in Tibet who've unlocked their minds It's nothing supernatural, there's nothing here divine It's a, a matter of focus, persistent meditation Keep this state of mind sustained, it's a game of concentration It's a mystery how all the billion neuropaths In the mind of any fighter guide the limbs on how to act By the rivers of nerves streaming up and down the back Oh, it's a careful calculation when precisely to attack Well, it's achievement for the sake of achievement Oh, it's ambition for the sake of ambition Oh, if you speak, you better say it like you mean it And go on and set yourself upon some superficial mission I'm, I'm gonna fight I'm gonna fight a lion Oh, oh, yeah-bah-doo-bee I'm gonna fight a lion Oh, ah, oh My mind is razor-sharp and I've made my body strong But a lion comes equipped with a nasty set of claws I am struck, I'm stuck standing in awe At the fire in her eye and the power in her jaw Oh, it's for dignity, and for the respect of the beast That I pit my feeble flesh against the strength of all its teeth Sink into me, it's time now for your feast I find nobility in death, I take no shame in my defeat Well, it's achievement for the sake of achievement Oh, it's ambition for the sake of ambition Oh, if you speak, you better say it like you mean it Go on and set yourself upon some superficial mission I'm, I'm gonna fight I'm gonna fight a lion Oh, oh, yeah-bah-doo-bee I'm gonna fight a lion Oh, ah, oh, hmm