[Verse 1]
Run on home
Passed the empty office space
In the half-filled business park
That's where you first saw the place
And the lights went down
And the lights went down
And the night was rustlin’
Like an empty bag of crisps
And the song still on your lips
Like a song on the radio
Like a song on the radio
Let it all go out
[Chorus]
Oh yeah
That's the game!
Life's hard but I can’t complain
Oh yeah
That's the game!
Oh-oh-oh-ohhh!
[Verse 2]
Don't you grow to that death mentality
To that look but never see
To that old monotony
All the knives are out
All the smiles are out
And the light just muscles in
And you keep your eyes apart
And you feel yourself [drip?]
Like the songs on the radio
Like the songs on the radio
Let it all go out
[Chorus]
Oh yeah
That's the game!
Life's hard but I can't complain
Oh yeah
That's the game!
Oh-oh-oh-ohhh!
The Game was written by Alex Rice.
Sports Team released The Game on Tue May 17 2022.
Lyrically, this is probably the closest bridge between the first album and the second, so it felt like it made sense as the opening song. It’s about suburbia and that mentality—how you can fall into just focusing on yourself and your individual problems, staying out of trouble and keeping your head...