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Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13, 1977), nicknamed The Truth, is an American professional basketball forward with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Pierce was a high school McDonald's All-American and earned First Team All-America honors in his junior year at Kansas. Pierce has been a starter every season since being selected by the Celtics with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. He is a ten-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA team selection, and also led Boston to the NBA Finals in 2008 and 2010, winning the 2008 NBA Finals. He was named the 2008 NBA Finals MVP in his first trip to the NBA Finals. Pierce also is one of only three Celtics, alongside Larry Bird and John Havlicek, who have scored over 20,000 points in their career with the Celtics alone. He holds the Celtics' record for most three-point field goals made. He also ranks third in team history in games played, second in points scored, seventh in total rebounds, fifth in total assists, and second in total steals. His nickname "The Truth" was given to him by Shaquille O'Neal on March 15, 2001.
We had a fight so bright it could light up the darkest night
I never was loved so right as I was then
But all of that’s over now ‘cause your flames burned out somehow
You came here to let me down with just a few words
And turn the light of your life into smoke from a bridge you burned
Have you really thought this through?
If you let go I will too,
But all of the love I thought we knew will never return,
Oh, it will drift off to nothing and smoke from a bridge you burned.
And then someday when it’s too late,
You’ll realize it’s more than my memory stinging your eyes,
And you’ll run back to tell me the lessons you learned,
But you’ll only find ashes and smoke from a bridge you burned.
You know once you close that door it won’t open anymore,
So turn around now if your ever going to turn,
‘Cause the moment you leave you’ll be turning me,