The Game

[Verse 1]

Millie came up playing in the boys' clubs

But they made her play at midnight or at 8

Her friends all said the times were finally changing

It only felt a few centuries too late

Her eyes were always deep inside her notebook

Her hands were always tuning her guitar

And while some stayed busy waiting for permission

She was on her way to be a star

[Chorus]

But if you asked her if anyone had held her back

She'd tеll you she forgot most of their names

Thе losers only think about the winners

The winners only think about the game

[Verse 2]

Then Millie fell in love with a civilian

Or at least we know he fell in love with her

He could see how bright her light was shining

He could feel how wild her fire burned

But love has its own kind of symmetries

You have to give as much as you receive

And once he realized he would never give her nothing

He decided it was time for him to leave

[Chorus]

But now he likes to criticize her privately

While she simply says that neither were to blame

The losers only think about the winners

The winners only think about the game

[Verse 3]

So Millie kept on adding to the setlist

And working on her studio tan

And for the first time found it hard telling the difference

Between all her friends and all her fans

Which left her with a special brand of emptiness

She channeled right back into the songs

She wasn't gonna ask herself the question

If this is what she wanted all along

[Chorus]

Some people said she was a genius

Some people said she was insane

But those losers only think about the winners

The winners only think about the game

[Bridge]

She wouldn't suffer any fools

She danced to her own rhythm

She wasn't playing by the rules

She was playing with 'em

[Verse 4]

Millie knew just when the dust was settled

When it's time to put the pencil down

When the harmony is only just a shadow

Of the way it felt the first hundred times around

Which left her to the critics and the experts

To tell the world how Millie really felt

To somehow say she lost a competition

She was only ever having with herself

[Chorus]

Well, some might look for meaning in the ashes

She just misses standing in the flame

The losers only think about the winners

The winners only think about the game

Oh, the losers only think about the winners

The winners only think about the game