THE GAME
by RAi Soulmusic
[Intro – Spoken / dark]
Welcome to the game...
No manual.
No save.
No second name.
We wake up inside it,
forget why we came...
Then spend our whole lives
looking for someone to blame.
[Verse 1 – Rap]
We are in the game,
complaining and blame,
Running in circles,
but calling it change.
Chasing the money,
the power, the fame,
Different faces,
but playing the same.
Work for the numbers,
sleep when you're old,
Trade all your hours
for paper and gold.
They tell you, "Keep going,
there's something to gain,"
But nobody asks
who invented the game.
[Pre-Chorus]
Left against right,
Poor against rich,
Everyone fighting
to find their own switch.
Pointing our fingers,
screaming their name,
Maybe the problem
is playing the game.
[Chorus – Big rock vocals]
WE ARE IN THE GAME!
Complaining and blame,
Fighting each other
while nothing will change.
WE ARE IN THE GAME!
Addicted to pain,
Running for nothing
again and again.
What if the winner
has nothing to claim?
What if you're free
when you walk from the game?
[Verse 2 – Faster rap]
Born with a number,
raised with a rule,
Sit down, shut up,
go straight into school.
Learn how to follow,
learn how to fit,
Buy what they sell you
and don't question shit.
Mortgage, taxes,
status and debt,
Chasing tomorrow
we haven't seen yet.
Scroll through a screen,
compare and complain,
Watching somebody
who's winning the game.
We blame the system,
we blame the elite,
We blame every stranger
we happen to meet.
We blame our parents,
our boss and our name,
But every damn morning
we log in again.
[Pre-Chorus]
Red versus blue,
Black versus white,
Everybody certain
they're winning the fight.
But from far enough back,
it all looks the same—
Players attacking
the players...
not the game.
[Chorus]
WE ARE IN THE GAME!
Complaining and blame,
Fighting each other
while nothing will change.
WE ARE IN THE GAME!
Addicted to pain,
Running for nothing
again and again.
What if the winner
has nothing to claim?
What if you're free
when you walk from the game?
[Bridge – Music drops / almost whisper]
But wait...
What if this life
was never a cage?
What if the prison
was built on a stage?
What if the rules
only live in your brain?
What if awakening...
is seeing the game?
[Build]
No enemy.
No one to blame.
No fucking trophy.
No fortune or fame.
You weren't born
just to carry a name.
You are the player...
You are the game.
[Final Chorus – Huge]
WE ARE IN THE GAME!
But now I can see,
I don't need permission
to finally be me.
WE ARE IN THE GAME!
But something has changed,
I stopped pointing fingers,
I stopped giving blame.
No need for a winner.
No need for a name.
The moment you see it...
YOU'RE FREE FROM THE GAME.
[Outro – Soft]
We came for the experience...
Then forgot that we came.
Maybe life isn't something to win.
Maybe...
it's just a game.
RAi
