The Game
Quinten Coblentz Lyrics

Tell me what you're looking for
Asking someone what their true desires and aspirations are

Tell me how will you find it?
Asking how someone plans to achieve their goals

When you get, is it worth it?
Asking if the end result is really worth the effort

Is it safe where you hide it?
Asking if what they seek is secure and protected

Can you get it at a college?
Questioning if education alone can provide what someone is seeking

Can you save up and buy it?
Asking if it is something that can be purchased with enough money and time

Do you need to have it given to you by a girl or a guy?
Questioning if someone is relying on another person to provide what they are seeking

It's all just the same dream
Commenting on how everyone has similar desires and aspirations

Chasing the same things
Pointing out how people often pursue identical goals

Promising so much
Noting how certain goals may seem promising and rewarding

But they just be saying things
Implies that the promise of the goal may not match up to its actual reality

You wanna get it
Addressing someone's desire for their goal

You gotta play it to win it
Explaining that achieving one's goal requires effort and participation

But winning is just the beginning (what?)
Winning is not the end but rather, just the start of the rewarding good things to come

I thought that this was part where I finish
Expressing disappointment that the goal's achievement does not end with winning

I feel like it's too late to quit it
Feeling that once someone is on the path towards their goal, it's too hard to stop

We were made for more than this rat race
Believing that humans were created for more than just chasing goals and competing

I don't really care if I'm last place
Stating that winning isn't everything and sometimes being at the bottom is okay

Look around, look around
Encouraging someone to observe their surroundings and see the reality of the situation

I think that they saying things, but I don't hear a sound, yeah
Ignoring the noise around them and focusing on their own goals

Everybody follow in a straight line
Describing how people often go through life with a standard path and destination

Trying to win a lotto, getting snake's eyes
People attempt to win and make money, but instead, they end up losing it

It's ok to change your lane
Recognizing that people should feel comfortable to change their path and goals

You ain't gotta play the game
Assuring that someone doesn't need to participate in the typical rat race and pursue the traditional goals

Whole squad in here, we ain't playing no games
Having a group of people who believe in this idea and support each other

Actually that's a lie, I'll be the first to admit it
Admitting the call out on their previous statement and it not being literally true

I did my time as a kid with these wishes
Expressing that the desire and pursuit of goals started since childhood

I wanted what everybody was getting
Desiring what was already popular and usual in society

I'm still impatient, shoot and I miss it
Despite trying and making mistakes in the past, someone may still have a lack of patience in their current journey

I get it, I know that I'm spinning like fidget
Acknowledging the feeling of restlessness and uncertainty on their path

I gotta breathe
Realizing the need for a moment to take a step back and pause along the way

Who gave me breath? Saved me from death?
Reflecting on the idea that a higher power may have saved them from danger or death

I gotta see, a picture that's bigger than what you'd expect
Understanding that there is a much larger meaning to life and goals than they initially thought

You don't need to fall in line and lose your voice
Reassuring someone that they don't need to follow the crowd and surrender their independence and uniqueness

The dream is all a lie, a ruse, and noise
Calling out how the typical dream/goal everyone chases may not be genuine or actually worth it

Wake up, wake up, wake up, see the sun (Son)
Urging someone to wake up from the illusion of the usual dream and see the true goal for their life

Chase the prize that makes it worth the run
Encouraging someone to pursue a goal that is actually worth their effort and time