Lyrics

I once played hands
who others would fold
No royal flush

Just faith to hold
I didn’t bluff

I didn’t hide
Just pushed my chips

To your side

No safety net

No second guess
I bet on love

Nothing less
You watched the flop
And stayed unread
I stayed in

You fled instead

I used to raise
Without a script
Now I’m scared to even grip

So what’s the game worth
If you never play?
If fear’s the dealer
And you look away
If love becomes
Too sharp to touch
Then was it love
Or just too much?
I went all in
When I still believed
So why now
Do I fold to grief?

You called my hand

Then turned your face
Left the table

Left no trace
And now I sit with cards I dread
Holding silence in your stead

The pot was high
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But so was I
On hope, on fire
On reasons why
But now I check

Afraid to speak
My heart plays safe

My soul plays weak

I used to risk for something real
Now I flinch at what I feel

So what’s the game worth
If you never dare?
If love is luck
And you don’t care?
If every move
Is just pretend
Then what’s the point
To reach the end?
I went all in
With nothing back
So why now
Do I fear the deck?

I used to call with nothing shown
Now I fold before I’m known
I used to lose
And still feel proud
Now I stay quiet in the crowd

So what’s the game worth
If you don’t engage?
Just watch life play
From outside the cage
If pain once meant
That you had tried
Then why now
Do you just survive?
I went all in
With truth and flame
And I still ask:
What’s the game worth
If you fear the game?