TITLE: HOUSE RULES [Intro] (Whisper) Shff... Mm... mm... Na-na-na... Lucky me... Another game... Deal the cards... Come on... Let's play... ------------------------------------------------ [Verse 1] King... Ftt... Queen... Ftt... Ace... Ftt... Everything felt easy... Everything felt right... I smiled... I played... I bluffed... Just for fun... Everybody laughed... Nobody saw... What was hiding... Behind those eyes... Then... Joker... Ftt... One single card... One little smile... One little move... And everything... Changed... ------------------------------------------------ [Pre-Chorus] One... Two... Three... No... That doesn't fit... I count again... Again... Again... Again... Why... The more I count... The less I know... ------------------------------------------------ [Chorus] Na-na-na-na... Joker... Joker... Who's holding the cards? Na-na-na-na... Joker... Joker... Who's changing the rules? Oh-oh-oh... Deal again... Deal again... One more lie... Hey... One more lie... Hey... Who's playing who? ------------------------------------------------ [Beat Switch] ------------------------------------------------ [Verse 2] Wait... This wasn't... The game... Who changed... The rules? Who moved... The cards? I felt... Empty... Lost... Inside the fog... The one... I thought... I knew... Turned into... A stranger... My hands... Started shaking... Every answer... Raised another question... Every truth... Felt borrowed... Every card... Fell... Ftt... Ftt... Ftt... Except one... That refused... To fall... ------------------------------------------------ [Bridge] The King... Was never... The King... The Queen... Wore... A mask... Even the Aces... Lost... Their value... This isn't... A card game... ... It's... Russian roulette... [SFX: Playing card hits wooden table] [SFX: Revolver cylinder spins] One card... One chamber... One lie... One chamber... One truth... One chamber... I'm done... Looking for answers... Now... I'm looking... At the liar... ------------------------------------------------ [Beat Switch] ------------------------------------------------ [Final Chorus] Na-na-na-na... Show your hand... Na-na-na-na... No more masks... Na-na-na-na... Bluff again... I'll call it... One bluff... Spin... One secret... Spin... One more lie... Spin... Look at me... You're shaking... Not me... Keep your cards... I already know... Your game... Your move... ------------------------------------------------ [Outro] One last card... Ftt... ... [SFX: Playing card hits wooden table] ... [SFX: Authentic revolver cylinder spinning slowly] ... [SFX: Metallic cylinder lock] ... (Silence)
