The Pain of the Game

from The Present Race by Alaric Jones

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Open the borders release the plague
open the carnivals open the graves
send for your bible send for your cane
sit at the table feel the clank of the chain
how can you explain, how can you explain
the pain of the game

the moment you were born the race had begun
and you run and you run to catch the fast rising sun
don't tell them your dreams or they'll laugh in your face
just climb higher on the ladder, put them in place
and as you climb higher it makes them feel small
pretty soon you'll rule over them all

you run to the forest you run to the lake
you'd better run faster or you're going to be late
to your own execution its drawing quite a crowd
and as you get closer it starts to get loud
and the executioner he greets you like an old friend
he says 'everyone is here, everyone you send to their untimely end!'

you wake in a sweat from the terrors of the night
in your bed of delusions, its sheets crisp and white
with your lover beside you and the sun on the floor
surrounded by all the good things you adore
but you wish you could speak to them
the ones you have seen in your dream
you'd ask them 'what does it mean that my dreams
have become the machines of my grief?'

You emptied all the coffers to buy machines of war
while a shivering ex-serviceman starves right outside your door
you run to the churchyard to bury your head
or seek some forgiveness from the souls of the dead
but they won't forgive you, they're not even there
and all you can squeeze out is an insincere tear

the further you go, the further you run
the longer the shadows cast by the fast-setting sun
till it stares at you coldly straight in the eye
the witness to every damned deed you tried to hide
the witness to every one of your lies
then it sinks and leaves you alone with the night

now only the mirror can see what you've done
and it won't forgive you, it's just like the sun
nor will your family, nor the police
not even the prisoners you have released
but its in your own heart where the judgement is found
it's there with the sound of the pound of your soul going down

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from The Present Race, released December 1, 2023

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