Endgame #3/Chess Game #3

[00:57.50] They all think they see a man
[01:00.73] Who doesn't know
[01:03.79] Which move to make
[01:06.76] Which way to go
[01:09.63] Whose private life
[01:12.64] Caused his decline
[01:17.25] Wrecked his grand design
[01:25.10] Some are vicious, some are fools
[01:28.31] And others blind
[01:31.34] To see in me
[01:34.30] One of their kind
[01:42.44] Anyone can be
[01:44.33] A husband, lover
[01:45.67] Sooner them than me
[01:47.31] When they discover
[01:48.84] Their domestic bliss is shelter for their failing
[01:55.32] Nothing could be worse
[01:57.23] Than self-denial, having to reverse
[02:00.72] This endless trial of a partner's rather sad demands prevailing
[02:06.94] As you watch yourself caring
[02:09.99] About a minor sporting triumph
[02:12.30] Sharing
[02:13.99] Your win with esoterics
[02:15.59] Paranoid hysterics
[02:17.46] You don't pay attention to what goes on around them
[02:21.84] They leave the ones they love the way they found them
[02:25.69] A normal person must
[02:27.55] Dismiss you with disgust
[02:29.32] And weep for those who trusted you
[02:32.69] Nothing you have said
[02:34.76] Is revelation
[02:36.03] Take my blues as red
[02:37.92] My consolation's
[02:39.05] Finding out at last my one true obligation
[02:44.19] Since you seem to have shut out
[02:47.35] The world at large, then maybe I should cut out
[02:51.09] Your tiny inessential world, inconsequential
[02:54.54] In the kind of game you're playing
[02:56.94] How do you do it?
[02:59.40] I tried to be that cynical but blew it
[03:02.89] I only changed your life
[03:04.66] You left your home, your wife
[03:06.34] I'm not surprised I slipped your mind
[03:10.31] Nothing you have said
[03:12.44] Is revelation
[03:13.77] Take my blues as red
[03:15.66] My consolation
[03:16.96] Finding out at last my one true obligation
[03:23.09]
[03:27.90] Listen to them shout
[03:30.06] They saw you do it
[03:31.31] In their minds, no doubt
[03:33.29] That you've been through it
[03:34.56] Suffered for your art
[03:36.19] But in the end a winner
[03:41.18] We have never heard
[03:43.03] Such an ovation
[03:44.52] Who could not be stirred?
[03:46.28] Such dedication
[03:47.57] Skill and guts
[03:48.65] A model for the young beginner
[03:52.66] They're completely enchanted
[03:55.81] But they don't take your qualities for granted
[03:59.56] It isn't very often that the critics soften
[04:03.08] Nonetheless you've won their hearts
[04:04.96] How can we begin to
[04:07.65] Appreciate the work that you've put into
[04:11.43] Your calling through the years
[04:13.35] The blood, and sweat, and tears
[04:14.91] The late, late nights, the early starts?
[04:18.98] There they go again!
[04:20.85] Your deeds inflame them
[04:22.20] Drive them wild, but then
[04:24.03] Who wants to tame them?
[04:25.68] If they want a part of you
[04:27.51] Who'd really blame them?
[04:36.77] And so you're letting me know
[04:39.95] You're the only one
[04:41.06] Who's never suffered anything at all!
[04:43.43] How you've hated my success
[04:46.66] Well, I won't crawl
[04:49.04] And you can slink back to your pawns and to your tarts
[04:54.43] And every poison word
[04:57.34] Shows that you never understood! (Liar!) (Check)
[05:00.50] Never! (Liar!) (Check)
[05:01.60] Never! (Liar!) (Check)
[05:02.42] Never! (Liar!) (Check)
[05:03.52] Never!
[05:04.83] Never!
[05:11.39] Nothing you have said
[05:13.69] Is revelation
[05:15.37] Take my blues as red
[05:17.66] My consolation
[05:19.20] Finding out that I'm my only
[05:21.93] Obligation (Is there no one in my life)
[05:27.24] Who will not claim
[05:29.66] My right to steal
[05:32.39] My work, my name
[05:35.68] My success
[05:38.50] My fame
[05:41.79] And my freedom?
[05:49.26] "Anatoly Sergievesky is the winner, and remains world champion!"
[05:56.21]
[06:22.84] "So, you've done it. You're still the champion."
[06:26.99] "I had to win. To be free."
[06:29.99] "Free for what?"
[06:32.03] "Free to help your father, if I go back. Free to play chess. It's the only thing I can stay true to."
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