Zachery Allan Starkey - Solitaire

Solitaire
Words and Music by Zachery Allan Starkey

Forever on the outside
You gaze longingly in
You are fighting a battle
That you will never win
How much of yourself
Will you give away
To play the part
For just one more day?
Laying awake in bed at night
Dreaming of a world so far away
When you gaze into the mirror
Which plastic face will you wear today?

That's the price that you will pay
Feeding, feeding every need
That you feel today
You know I choose to
I will walk alone
I'm happier than you'll ever be
Out here, on my own

Like raw clay you will play
Right into their eager hands
They will twist and turn you
Into whatever puppet suits them
They will drag you out of your glass house
Naked, starving in the streets
They will take you for all your worth
Expose every frailty
They will take you for all your worth
But can you even complain
When you happily give them
Everything they always demand?

That's the price that you will pay
Feeding, feeding every need
That you feel today
You know I choose to
I will walk alone
I'm happier than you'll ever be
Out here, on my own

Now that the red roses of your youth have long since died
Now that your once bright eyes are bereft and dull
Faded with no life
Well, I ask you, was it worth it to play the game?
When you are left at the end of the day
With nothing left to show, and nothing left to say?
The game I play is Solitaire
And I play to win
I keep my hand of winning cards
Until I move in for the final kill

That's the price that you will pay
Feeding, feeding every need
That you feel today
You know I choose to
I will walk alone
I'm happier than you'll ever be
Out here, on my own

That's the price that you will pay
Feeding, feeding every need
That you feel today
You know I choose to
I will walk alone
I'm happier than you'll ever be
Out here, on my own

That's the price that you will pay
Feeding, feeding every need
That you feel today
You know I choose to
I will walk alone
I'm happier than you'll ever be
Out here, on my own

Written by:
ZACHERY ALLAN STARKEY

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