[Intro] You can’t just play All day long Behave yourself Study hard “You’ll regret it Later in life” That’s what They always said But when exactly Does “later” come? I’m already grown [Verse 1] Pretty little words Serious faces All lined up In the crowd Go to school Join a company Work hard Save your money Don’t cause trouble Prepare for old age They told us That was The right way to live But looking out At the world today I can see Something completely different People who break the rules People who seem To live however they want Their eyes Are the ones Still shining brightest And somehow I noticed that [Pre-Chorus] The kid who played games Now makes them The doodling nerd Now sells their art The guy who never stopped talking Started streaming And the girl Who kept on singing Now has her song Playing somewhere Across the world [Chorus] Is it really wrong To keep on playing? Who decided What “right” even means? Is this really How it should be? Somehow The voice inside me Seems to know The answer already Every day I can feel it “What good Will that ever do?” The people Who completely ignored That question Were the ones Who threw open The doors to freedom It wasn’t Just my imagination Playing for real Has its own rhythm We can build Our own era Throw yesterday’s answers Somewhere behind us And run Straight into the future [Verse 2] Things once called “Just playing around” Somehow became Real jobs Making videos Making music Talking online With people you’ve never met Playing games Traveling somewhere new Wearing what you love Dancing how you want “You’ll never make A living doing that” The same people Who used to say it Now open their phones And watch it They pay money And keep watching So who’s really The one just playing? It’s kind of funny [Pre-Chorus] Is effort Only effort If you hate it? Does suffering Make it noble? If it looks fun Does that make it play? If you get obsessed Does that mean you lose? If there’s something You can do all night And never get tired of Then making that Your work Might actually be The strongest move [Chorus] Who decided What “right” even means? When the times change The answers change too Yesterday’s nonsense Becomes today’s job Today’s play Becomes tomorrow’s industry The ones Who ignored the rules Were already knocking On the door of success So no It wasn’t Just imagination Playing for real Has its own rhythm Let’s dance open The age we live in Give it everything And run [Bridge] If they tell you To get serious Then seriously Go play If all you’ve ever done Is what you love Then what you love Is what you’ll get good at The thing they called “Useless” Might someday Become useful To someone else You don’t have to decide Your purpose Before you begin Work can be born From play But if play Disappears from work Then ask yourself Which one Is really richer? There may be No final answer But I’m still Going out to play Today [Final Chorus] The ones Who ignored common sense Found the doors Nobody else could see “Correct” Is just a label Someone sticks on it After the fact Playing for real Has its own rhythm Being obsessed Is our beat Instead of riding Someone else’s era Let’s dance And make our own If we get it wrong We’ll play again Where we fall We’ll start again Give it everything And run Right now [Outro] You can’t just play All day long So I’ll play With everything I’ve got
