The Game
Echo & The Bunnymen"The Game" is a song by Echo & The Bunnymen, released in 1987 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:40 long and contains 51 lines and 312 words.
Lyrics
0:23A sense of duty was my one intention
0:26And an ugly beauty was my own invention
0:31Pride a proud refusal
0:34And I refuse to need your approval
0:38Too many seekers
0:40Too few beacons
0:41But through the fog
0:43We'll keep on beaming
0:45Through the crying hours of your glittering years
0:49All the living out of your tinsel tears
0:53And the midnight trains that I never made
0:56'Cause I'd already played the game
1:08Everybody's got their own good reason
1:11Why their favorite season is their favorite season
1:16Winter winners and those summers sons
1:19Aren't good for everyone aren't good for everyone
1:24Spring has sprung
1:26And autumns so well done
1:28So well done
1:30It's a better thing that we do now
1:34Forgetting everything the why's and how's
1:38While you reminisce about the things you miss
1:41You won't be ready to kiss goodbye
1:59The earth is a world
2:01The world is a ball
2:03A ball in a game
2:05With no rules at all
2:06And just as I wonder
2:08At the beauty of it all
2:10You'd go and drop it
2:13And it breaks when it falls
2:15I'll never understand why you thought I would
2:18Need to be reassured and be understood
2:22When I always knew that your bad's my good
2:26And I was ready ready to be loved
2:44Born under Mars
2:47With Jupiter rising
2:51Fallen from stars
2:55That lit my horizon
2:59I'll never understand why you thought I would
3:03Need to be reassured and be understood
3:07When I always knew that your bad's my good
3:10And I was ready to be
3:15Through the crying hours of your glitter years
3:18All the living out of your tinsel tears
3:22And the midnight trains I never made
3:26'Cos I'd already played
3:30It's a better thing that we do now
3:33Forgetting everything the whys and hows
3:37While you reminisce about the things you miss
3:40You won't be ready to kiss goodbye
A sense of duty was my one intention And an ugly beauty was my own invention Pride a proud refusal And I refuse to need your approval Too many seekers Too few beacons But through the fog We'll keep on beaming Through the crying hours of your glittering years All the living out of your tinsel tears And the midnight trains that I never made 'Cause I'd already played the game Everybody's got their own good reason Why their favorite season is their favorite season Winter winners and those summers sons Aren't good for everyone aren't good for everyone Spring has sprung And autumns so well done So well done It's a better thing that we do now Forgetting everything the why's and how's While you reminisce about the things you miss You won't be ready to kiss goodbye The earth is a world The world is a ball A ball in a game With no rules at all And just as I wonder At the beauty of it all You'd go and drop it And it breaks when it falls I'll never understand why you thought I would Need to be reassured and be understood When I always knew that your bad's my good And I was ready ready to be loved Born under Mars With Jupiter rising Fallen from stars That lit my horizon I'll never understand why you thought I would Need to be reassured and be understood When I always knew that your bad's my good And I was ready to be Through the crying hours of your glitter years All the living out of your tinsel tears And the midnight trains I never made 'Cos I'd already played It's a better thing that we do now Forgetting everything the whys and hows While you reminisce about the things you miss You won't be ready to kiss goodbye
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