Game You Always Win by Your Plaything
Game You Always Win
Verse 1
You set the table like it’s fair
Smile like I’ve got a chance
You deal the cards face down
Already know how this will end
You say “relax, it’s just for fun”
Like you didn’t plan the night
I walk in knowing I’ll lose you
Still I roll the dice
You let me think I’m leading
Let me choose the song
But every step I take toward you
You’re already gone
Pre-Chorus
You say “don’t take it so serious”
While you’re tightening the rules
I say “I’m fine with whatever”
Knowing I’ll play the fool
Chorus
It’s a game you always win
And I sign up every time
I know the house is loaded
But I love the way you lie
I could walk away clean
I could change the skin I’m in
But I stay right at the table
It’s a game you always win
Verse 2
You touch me like punctuation
Never finish the thought
Leave me hanging on a sentence
That you don’t plan to resolve
You move close just to pull back
Like that’s your favorite part
You don’t break me in one moment
You do it piece by part
You give me just enough hope
To keep me in the frame
I tell myself I’m choosing this
Like that changes the game
Pre-Chorus
You say “you knew what this was”
Like that makes it okay
I nod like I’m above it
While I’m begging you to stay
Chorus
It’s a game you always win
Marked cards and loaded dice
You let me think I’m special
Then you raise me twice
I could fold, I could quit
I could finally learn
But I like the way it hurts me
It’s a game you always win
Post-Chorus
Checkmate in your eyes
Before I make my move
You don’t even hide it
You don’t have to prove
Verse 3
I memorize your patterns
Like that’ll save my skin
But you change them when I’m ready
Just to pull me back in
You say “don’t make it personal”
While you’re all in my head
You don’t promise me tomorrow
You take tonight instead
I don’t need you to cheat me
I hand you the crown
There’s something in the losing
When you’re the one taking me down
Bridge
If I win, you disappear
If I lose, you stay
So I sabotage the ending
Every single way
Say go, say stop
Say “prove it again”
I know the cost of loving you
I pay it, then I pay it again
Breakdown
I tell myself I’m in control
Like that’s a clever lie
But you’re reading me like numbers
While I’m staring at the sky
Chorus (Final)
It’s a game you always win
And I don’t pretend I don’t know
I see the trap, I see the line
I step right over it slow
I could walk away whole
I could finally choose myself
But I like the way you take me
Like I’m losing something else
Outro
When the night clears the table
And you’re already gone
I’m left with empty winnings
And the feeling lingers on
I’ll swear I’m done forever
‘Til you pull me back in
Same rules, same smile
Same game you always win