From back in 1979 lyrics by Triumph.
Wizards of a modern age cast spells of electric power
But the corporate strings that make them dance
Lead up to an ivory tower
There sit the fates in solitude, far from the public eye
No one ever sees them smile and nothing makes them cry
Welcome to the kingdom, the land of bought and sold
A world of real-life fantasy where truths are seldom told
Try hard to remember all that glitters is not gold
You can pay the piper, but you cannot buy his soul
It's just a game, you're in it all the way
It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away
It's such a shame, I heard somebody say
It's just a game, and all I can do is play
What you do choose, now, what do you believe, now
Who are you gonna trust?
All you dreams and fancy schemes
Just crumble into dust
Calm and cool and computerized to calculate and collect
We wait and watch and wonder
Just which puppet they'll select
Like the moth, too near the flame,
Who learned his truth too late
We're all too deep into the game
That is the master of our fate
The poets and the pipers have got their motives
And you've got yours, no doubt
And so the game continues
That's what it's all about
It's just a game, you're in it all the way
It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away
It's such a shame, I heard somebody say
It's just a game, and all I can do is play
See also:
ReplyDeleteTom Cochrane: Mad, Mad World (1991)
Kansas: Sparks of the Tempest (1977)
The Emmets grew up across from our neighbourhood winter rink, with boards!! Christmas 1973 or 4 Russell, Ricks bro, came accross the street with his brand new goalie gear on, we were all warming up while he got ready in net. First slap shot by Butch Butler, RIP, best player/athlete in west T.O that time, hit Russ in the mask right between the eyes!! Gloves and stick went flying Russell bailed and ran across the road to his house, last time we ever saw him in goal!! Rick would play in our summer penny carnival, yes pennies, and blow our mind even then, all Zeppelin stuff on 12 string acoustic. Then he started at the summer Ex at the Bandshell, just outside the Better Living centre, again mostly Zep and Robin Trower etc, and his own stuff as well. Place would be packed with our neighbourhood crew, a tough but fun upbringing, the Junction Boys were in charge of the hood , and the Vagabonds had a clubhouse on my street. Those were the days!!!
ReplyDeleteTriumph was such an under rated band.
ReplyDeleteThere are a pile of songs out there conveying so much truth, it is scary.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Awesome power trio, been listening to them since the 70's.
ReplyDeleteRush too from the same town, Alex Lifeson (Zivojenovich) High school bands both of them, with Rick Goddovitz too, Goddo if anyone remembers him!! MaxWebster as well. Kim Mitchells band Live music scene was incredible, All these guys could shred all night, great days in Toronto!!! El Mocambo!!
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