Play This Game

[Verse 1]

I could be jealous and grasping with greed

I could pretend that I want something I don't need

These are the things that go through my head

But then, I could be an angel disguised as a man

I could be the sun that shines in the midnight land

[Pre-Chorus 1]

If you would only stand in my corner

Give that advantage to me

Don't you feel something?

You know what I'm thinking but

I can't set it free, we must

[Chorus 1]

Play this game, take the prize

But not before you realize

That win or lose, it's all the same

Then maybe we can play this game

[Verse 2]

I can't remember the reason I'm here

Sometimes it seems like it's all out of habit or fear

Sometimes I wish, I could just go to sleep

But then, I'll have a dream with a beautiful end

I'll wake up and feel alive, then I'm off again

[Pre-Chorus 2]

If I could only keep your connection

Give me whatever remains

Then I might win you total liberation

But I can't break these chains, we must

[Chorus 2]

Play this game, let's pretend

That we could never reach the end

For it would be a crying shame

If we can't learn to play this game

[Chorus 1]

Play this game, take the prize

But not before you realize

That win or lose, it's all the same

Then maybe you can play this game

[Bridge]

(Stand in my corner) Give that advantage to me

(Stand in my corner) Pull down a message with me

The answer that evades our brains

We only think we're wearing chains

[Guitar solo]

[Bridge]

Stand in my corner

Won't you stand in my corner

Stand in my corner

[Chorus 1]

Play this game, take the prize

But not before you realize

That win or lose, it's all the same

Then maybe you can play this game

[Chorus 2]

Play this game, let's pretend

That we could never reach the end

For it would be a crying shame

If we can't learn to play this game

[Outro]

Play this game, take the prize

But not before you realize

That win or lose, it's all the same...