Game

I used to think this world’s a game, a game we’re playing
And the men are players, and players roll the dice, control pain
But who are we to say the way things go, when we’re not paying
The price of all these games is high, and high isn’t high, when high is pain

And when the world is full of grey from pain, from all the games we’re playing
What’s the point of seeking high for light, among the dark and all the lying
There has to be a line, a line that clear and not for crossing
There has to be a truth that’s real, a truth that’s found and not forgotten

So I take this dice and I say “go, good morning, see you later”
To all the hurt and the pain I caused, it’s time to make it better
Don’t want to look back on life knowing, that I slipped and played it
Tricked it for the wrong bits now and missed it, and didn’t get it

It’s time to let it go now and just forget it
Start again now with truth, because I want what’s “real” –
There, I said it

Time to throw to those dice, those dice away
Away from darkness, for a better day
Pick up my bags now, I’m calling truth
No fooling around now, it’s time for truth.
It’s time to let it go now, and just forget it
Start again now, with truth, time to say it
Time to say “It’s me here, come on, take it or leave it!”
No need to prove now, that I deserve a place here
I’m the truth now, it’s time for truth

It’s a hard life for lies, when all you do is fighting
With your neighbours, with your blood, and all the world you’re living
And the hardest part of the fight is the fight with yourself, just creeping
To the depths of your soul and slowly, slowly changing –
You.

Time to throw to those dice, those dice away
Away from darkness, for a better day
Pick up my bags now, I’m calling truth
No fooling around now, it’s time for truth.
It’s time to let it go now, and just forget it
Start again now, with truth, time to say it
Time to say “It’s me here, come on, take it or leave it!”

No need to prove now, that I deserve a place here
I’m the truth now, it’s time for truth

– Leni Kae (c)

Lyrics.

These lyrics were Semi-finalist in Song of the Year Contest