1) A Korean male duo featurin… Read Full Bio ↴There are several artists named Chess.
1) A Korean male duo featuring Kim Woo Joo.
2) A early 90's Eurodance/Europop group who had minor success in Europe with a cover of the Chicago song "If you leave me now".
3) Chess is an edgy, sassy young performer. Coming to England all the way from Malta to further her career, Chess has taken dance and singing lessons since she was really young and surrounded by a loving and musically influenced family she has grown into the pop sensation that she is today. She blends Rn’B with Pop music to create something uniquely her own, tying in influential stars like Prince and Freddie Mercury into her daily playlists help her to keep a focus on what she’s all about.
4) Jason Williams (born July 6, 1991), better known by the stage name OG CHESS, is an American rapper from Houston, TX. In his early career OG CHESS was a former partner of Travi$ Scott a recent Grand Hustle & Good Music signee. Since then CHESS has branched off and worked with other well known and emerging (artists/producers) such as A$AP Ferg, Maxo Kream (Kream Clicc Gang) Cardo (TGOD Producer), RMB Justize (TGOD Producer), Vinny Cha$e and Rockie Fresh (MMG) just to name a few. The Houston native has been featured on several blogs including The Source, 2DopeBoyz, Earmilk, HotNewHipHop, HipHopDX, BOI-1DA.com, Hypebeast, and many more.
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You And I-The Story Of Chess
Chess Lyrics
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Knowing I want you
Knowing I love you
I can't explain
Why I remain
Careless about you
(FLORENCE)
Dreams to become
Great expectations
(THE RUSSIAN)
How can I love you so much
Yet make no move?
(BOTH)
I pray the days and nights
In their endless weary procession
Soon overwhelm my sad obsession
You and I, we've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
(THE RUSSIAN)
You could not give me
More than you gave me
Why should there be
Something in me
Still discontented
(FLORENCE)
I won't look back anymore
And if I do, just for a moment
(THE RUSSIAN)
I'd soon be happy to say:
"I knew her well"
(BOTH)
But if you hear today
I'm no longer
Quite so devoted to this affair
I've been misquoted
You and I, we've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
(CHORUS)
Each game of chess
Means there's one less
Variation left to be played
Each day got through
Means one or two
Less mistakes remain to be made
Not much is known of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report
That fifteen hundred years ago two princes faught, tough brothers, for a Hindi throne
The mother cried, for no one really likes their offspring fighting to the death
She begged to stop the slaughter with her every breath, but sure enough one brother died
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Sad, beyond belief, she told her winning son:
"You have caused such grief, I can't forgive this evil thing you've done"
He tried to explain how things had really been
But he tried in vain, no words of his could mollify the queen
And so he asked the wisest men he knew the way to lessen her distress
They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress by using model soldiers
on a chequered board to show it was his brother's fault
- he thus invented chess
Chess
displayed no inertia
soon spread to Persia
then west
Next
the Arabs refined it
thus redesigned, it
progressed
Still further west, and when Constantinople fell in fourteen fifty-three
One would have noticed every other refugee included in his bags a set
Once in the hands and in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance
The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance through all of Europe's vital lands
Where, we must record, the game was further changed
Right across the board, the western touch upon the pieces ranged
King and queen and rook and bishop, knight and pawn
All took on the look we know today - the modern game was born
And in the end we see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan
and boosted in the main by what is now Iran
become the simplest and most complicated
pleasure yet divised for just the kind of mind
who would appriciate this well-researched and fascinating yarn
(FLORENCE)
This is an all too familiar scene
(THE RUSSIAN)
Hopeless reflections on what might have been
(BOTH)
? ? ?
(FLORENCE)
Bearing in mind your predicament now
(THE RUSSIAN)
What you did then...
(BOTH)
We're just dying to know,
would you do it all again?
(CHORUS)
Each game we ? ? ?
Therefore the naming
(BOTH)
But they know for well
It's not hard to tell
Though my heart is breaking
I'd give the world for that moment with you,
And we thought we knew
That our love would last,
But the moment's past
With no morning far too far
You and I, we've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
The lyrics of "You and I - The Story of Chess" are about two individuals, the Russian and Florence, who are in love but unable to express their feelings for one another. The Russian knows he loves Florence deeply, but remains careless about her. He wonders how he can love her so much yet make no move towards her. On the other hand, Florence acknowledges that she has been a fool to have great expectations from their love. She resolves to move on and not look back, but admits that she would soon be happy to say that she knew him well.
The chorus talks about the game of chess and how each game and each day means one fewer mistake and variation left to be played. The song ends with both the Russian and Florence acknowledging that their love story may not have the happy ending they thought it would. They go on pretending that stories like theirs have happy endings, but deep down they know that their moment has passed.
Overall, the song is a reflection on the theme of love, its complexities, and how it can be both the simplest and the most complicated pleasure yet devised for just the kind of mind that would appreciate it.
Line by Line Meaning
Knowing I want you
Admitting that I desire you
Knowing I love you
Acknowledging that I am in love with you
I can't explain
Why I remain
Careless about you
Being confused for not being careful about my love for you
I've been a fool to allow
Dreams to become
Great expectations
Realizing that I was foolish to expect too much from my dreams
How can I love you so much
Yet make no move?
Wondering why I love you deeply but don't take any action
I pray the days and nights
In their endless weary procession
Soon overwhelm my sad obsession
Hoping for time to pass quickly to overcome my painful emotions
You and I, we've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
Acknowledging that we have gone through a lot for our love, still hoping for a happy ending
You could not give me
More than you gave me
Why should there be
Something in me
Still discontented
Being unsatisfied despite receiving all that you have given me
I won't look back anymore
And if I do, just for a moment
Deciding not to dwell on the past, or at most just briefly
I'd soon be happy to say:
"I knew her well"
Being pleased to have known you well
But if you hear today
I'm no longer
Quite so devoted to this affair
I've been misquoted
Reassuring you that any talk of me being less devoted to our relationship is a mistake
Each game of chess
Means there's one less
Variation left to be played
Every time we play chess, there is one less possible game that we haven't played yet
Each day got through
Means one or two
Less mistakes remain to be made
Every day we get through, we make one or two fewer mistakes in the future
Not much is known of early days of chess beyond a fairly vague report
That fifteen hundred years ago two princes faught, tough brothers, for a Hindi throne
The mother cried, for no one really likes their offspring fighting to the death
She begged to stop the slaughter with her every breath, but sure enough one brother died
-Sad, beyond belief, she told her winning son:
"You have caused such grief, I can't forgive this evil thing you've done"
He tried to explain how things had really been
But he tried in vain, no words of his could mollify the queen
And so he asked the wisest men he knew the way to lessen her distress
They told him he'd be pretty certain to impress by using model soldiers
on a chequered board to show it was his brother's fault
- he thus invented chess
Chess
displayed no inertia
soon spread to Persia
then west
Next
the Arabs refined it
thus redesigned, it
progressed
Still further west, and when Constantinople fell in fourteen fifty-three
One would have noticed every other refugee included in his bags a set
Once in the hands and in the minds of leading figures of the Renaissance
The spirit and the speed of chess made swift advance through all of Europe's vital lands
Where, we must record, the game was further changed
Right across the board, the western touch upon the pieces ranged
King and queen and rook and bishop, knight and pawn
All took on the look we know today - the modern game was born
And in the end we see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan
and boosted in the main by what is now Iran
become the simplest and most complicated
pleasure yet divised for just the kind of mind
who would appriciate this well-researched and fascinating yarn
Recalling the origin of chess and its evolution from it being invented by a prince to becoming the popular game it is today
This is an all too familiar scene
Noticing a familiar pattern or situation
Hopeless reflections on what might have been
Feeling hopeless about what could have been
? ? ?
Unknown
Bearing in mind your predicament now
What you did then...
Considering your present situation while thinking about your past actions
We're just dying to know,
would you do it all again?
Curiously asking if you would make the same choices again
Each game we ? ? ?
Therefore the naming
Referring to the process of how chess is named
But they know for well
It's not hard to tell
Though my heart is breaking
Knowing that someone else understands my heartache
I'd give the world for that moment with you,
And we thought we knew
That our love would last,
But the moment's past
With no morning far too far
Expressing the depth of my love for you and recognizing that although we hoped our love would last, it has faded away with no hope for revival
You and I, we've seen it all
Chasing our hearts' desire
But we go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings
Reflecting on our past journey to fulfil our hearts' desire, yet holding on to our naive hope that all will end happily
King and queen and rook and bishop, knight and pawn
All took on the look we know today - the modern game was born
Noting how the pieces in chess have evolved to the form and appearance that we know today
Contributed by Riley G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.