(VAI) Remix - The Ungame

Lyrics

[Intro] It starts real small A word out of place A little hook thrown With a smile on your face [Verse 1] I never took much Not enough to be seen Just a penny from the pocket Of somebody’s dream A look from the table A twitch in the room A little bit of weather From another man’s moon I didn’t call it stealing I called it just fun A spark in the wire Then the damage was done Nobody bleeding Nobody crying out loud Just a small little shadow Walking under the crowd [Pre-Chorus] But every little trick Leaves a mark on the frame And a man can get lost When he plays the ungame [Chorus] The ungame The ungame Taking what you don’t need Just to feel something change The ungame The ungame A little theft of peace With nobody to blame It ain’t candy It ain’t gold It’s a piece of somebody They don’t know you stole The ungame The ungame You laugh when it lands Then you live with the shame [Verse 2] It’s not about wanting The thing in your hand It’s the private little power Of shifting the sand A joke with a needle A favor with teeth A door left open With a trap underneath Like stealing from a shelf But the store is a soul Like taking one brick From a house still whole They might not see it Till the rain gets in Till the room feels wrong And the floor caves thin [Pre-Chorus] And you tell yourself It was only a game But the rules were all smoke And the prize was pain [Chorus] The ungame The ungame Taking what you don’t need Just to feel something change The ungame The ungame A little theft of peace With nobody to blame It ain’t candy It ain’t gold It’s a piece of somebody They don’t know you stole The ungame The ungame You laugh when it lands Then you live with the shame [Bridge – spoken] Some men steal money Some men steal time Some men steal quiet And swear it ain’t a crime Some men start fires Just to watch who runs Some men call it joking When the little damage comes But one day the mirror Doesn’t laugh anymore One day the lock Turns back on the door And you see what you took And you see what it cost Not because you needed it But because you were lost [Breakdown] Small hook Thin wire Cheap spark Old fire Small theft Deep stain No blood Still pain [Verse 3] I don’t want the old game Living rent-free in me I don’t want to be clever When I ought to be free I don’t want the small win If it hollows the room I don’t want to plant seeds That only know how to bloom doom So I’m naming the shadow I’m calling it out Not to punish the man But to drain the doubt If I can see the machine I can change how it runs I can lay down the trick Before it steals someone [Final Chorus] The ungame The ungame Taking what you don’t need Just to feel something change The ungame The ungame A little theft of peace With nobody to blame It ain’t candy It ain’t gold It’s a piece of somebody They don’t know you stole The ungame The ungame I’m done with the rules And I’m done with the shame [Outro] It starts real small So I’ll stop it real small Before the little theft Turns into the fall The ungame The ungame I don’t have to win What I don’t have to play