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Fire Editorial
Beatthechamp

Album

Beat the Champ

Released

April 7, 2015

Length

3:22

Previous Track

"Heel Turn 2"

Next Track

"Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan"

Fire Editorial is the seventh song on Beat the Champ.

Lyrics[]

Two blinded in Detroit!
Something must be done
Jaws dropping at ringside
In the blood tide
When the fireball hits

Down Indiana way
Make 'em check their guns
Real tears when it's over
Smell the sulfur
When the dark vault splits

Lord of the hidden pocket knife
Tawdry dreams all come to life
Save yourselves
Save this town, save everything not nailed down

War in Ontario! Dead before the bell
Crushed hopes of the young breed
All the best bleed
All the proud boys break

Who will stand before the flood?
Who will mop up all the blood?
Who alone?
Skin, bone, steel, stone
Swim or drown
Save this town, save everything not nailed down

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

  • "There was a guy in the Upper Midwest named Ed Farhat. But nobody who watched him work knew that that was his name, because he never dropped character in public, not once. He, he played a guy from Lebanon. His mom was, in fact, from Lebanon. He was from Detroit. His character was called the Sheik. And his gimmick was that he didn't care if his opponents died, disfigured, or burned beyond recognition, so long as he walked out and they got carried out. When I was a child, it was terrifying to read about this guy. He didn't want to win; he just wanted to murder his opponents. And the wrestling magazines would write these editorials, you know... 'Someone has to stop the Sheik! Someone's gotta stop him! 'Cause he's gonna blind somebody! He will blind them! We gotta pass a law against this guy!' In point of fact, he owned the Michigan and Indiana territory. He was the boss, right, so he couldn't have been banned, it was his game, right. But when you are twelve, all you know is wow, here's this guy, who is throwing fire at people. That's how -- he goes into the wrestling ring, he knows the rules, and he throws fire at them. This is called 'Fire Editorial'." -- 2015-05-29 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA

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