The Game

[Verse 1] Across the board of space and time Invisible hands arrange the play, A move, a pause, a sacrifice, Then another piece is swept away. [Chorus] We are the pieces, Not the player, Crossing squares Of hope and prayer. [Verse 2] The game proceeds without complaint, The rules remain beyond our sight, Yet every soul must make its move Before returning to the night. [Pre-Chorus] And if the stars have marked the road, There’s still a step that we can choose; A hand may deal the cards we hold, But not the way we learn to lose. [Chorus] We are the pieces, Not the player, Crossing squares Of hope and prayer. [Instrumental] [Bridge] Maybe fate is just the shape Of all the turns we didn’t see, Maybe every choice we make Moves something farther out at sea. If the board goes on forever, If the final page is sealed, Let me meet the hand that moves me With my heart still unrevealed. [Verse 3] I’ll take the square beside your own, Though neither knows what waits ahead; We’ll mark the dark with what we give, And keep the promises we said. [Final Chorus] We are the pieces, Not the player, Crossing squares Of hope and prayer. We are the pieces, Still together, Making meaning As we wander. [Outro] Across the board of space and time, One more move, then the morning sky.