DJ.ILHAM - PLAY THE GAME

a painted smile and point to

the board that stretches for miles

You talk of the winners, the glitter

the fame; you just say

Darling, go play the game

But every move feels like a debt to be paid in the theater of choices that others have made

So I'll play the game with a heart made of stone

in a house that you built but it never feels home

I'll move all my pieces the way that you said

while the fire in my soul is quietly dead

Yeah, I'll play your game, but don't you see the cost

With every win, a little more of me is lost

I wear the mask so perfectly designed to hide the tremble in this tired mind