The Infinite Game

[Intro - instrumental cello, percussion] [Intro 2 – RYUHA, airy falsetto] 끝이 보이는 게임은 관심 없어 (I have no interest in a game where the end is in sight) Oh-oh-oh 승자의 트로피는 먼지뿐 (A winner's trophy is only dust) 이기고 나면 뭐가 남아 (What remains after winning?) Nothing gold and nothing won [Verse 1 – SHIYUN warm tenor & KAIRO deep baritone] 왕관을 쓰면 목이 굳어 (The neck stiffens when wearing a crown) 규칙 안에 갇혀서 멋있는 척 (Trapped within rules, pretending to be cool) We watched them build a throne of clay 판을 뒤집고 이겼다 외쳐도 (Even if you flip the board and shout that you won) 다음 판이 똑같아 (The next round is the same) Same crown, same grave, same play [Pre-Chorus – RYUHA falsetto & LIAM bright tenor] 누가 먼저 웃는지 봐 (See who laughs first) 경기장 밖이 더 넓어 (The outside of the stadium is wider) Winners get a grave and a name Losers get to try again 규칙을 만든 자가 노예야 (The one who made the rules is the slave) We rewrite the rules, restart the game [Chorus – ALL] [heavy synth drop, trap drums] 이기려고 살았어 (I lived to win) We are the infinite game 끝이 없는 진동 (Vibration without end) Playing past the victor's name 칼 대신 노래뿐 (Only songs instead of swords) 우리가 판 (We are the board) Roll the dice and watch them fall 우리가 판 (We are the board) Roll the dice and watch them fall 계속해 (Keep going) [Verse 2 – JISU aggressive rap flow & LIAM rap] [JISU] Wittgenstein said the limits of my tongue 한계가 세계의 한계? (Limits are the limits of the world?) Nah we're far too young 근데 우린 언어를 바꿔 every hundred years (But we change the language every hundred years) 게임의 규칙이 게임을 죽여 (The rules of the game kill the game) So we killed the cage, dissolved the fears [LIAM] 전쟁은 finite야 — 시체를 세는 math (War is finite — math that counts corpses) 이겨도 지는 구조 walking down the same path (A structure where you lose even if you win, walking down the same path) Heraclitus said war fathers every son 근데 아버지도 늙잖아 (But even fathers grow old) 음악은 안 늙어 무대는 안 죽어 (Music doesn't grow old, the stage doesn't die) We chose the game that's never done [Bridge – SHIYUN building power tenor & RYUHA falsetto harmonies] [building percussion, vocal layering] 칼을 내려놓은 게 항복이 아냐 (Putting down the sword isn't surrender) Not retreat — we chose the wider floor 더 큰 판을 봤을 뿐 (We just saw a bigger board) 전장보다 무대가 더 위험해 (The stage is more dangerous than the battlefield) Because the stage won't let you keep the score 끝이 없으니까 (Because there is no end) [Chorus – ALL] [full energy synth chords] 원한 건 승리뿐 (All we wanted was victory) But the game keeps turning 원한 건 승리뿐 (All we wanted was victory) But the game keeps turning The game 원한 건 승리뿐 (All we wanted was victory) But the game keeps turning 원한 건 승리뿐 (All we wanted was victory) But the game keeps turning Win, no win 우리가 정해 (We decide) Oh-oh-oh 우리가 게임 (We are the game) [Outro – KAIRO low baritone & RYUHA falsetto underneath] [piano and atmospheric pads] 첫 수를 놓아 규칙을 깨 (Make the first move and break the rules) Name the board and make it real 풍전등화 꺼지지 마 (Like a flickering candle in the wind, don't go out) Burning still we play we feel 승패 속에 선을 그어 (Draw a line within victory and defeat) The line won't break, won't kneel 우리가 경계 (We are the boundary) 게임이 없으면 (If there is no game) We become the play Oh-oh-oh We become the play Oh-oh-oh 우리가 게임 (We are the game) We become the play Oh-oh-oh No end, no death 우린 계속하는 모든 것 (We are everything that continues) Oh-oh-oh 우린 계속하는 모든 것 (We are everything that continues) Oh-oh-oh 계속해 (Keep going) 계속해 (Keep going) 끝없이 (Endlessly)