(Shoot Again) (Arcade Ambience) (Distant Pinball Chimes) (Single Ball Loaded) (Machine Voice) Player One Shoot Again (Verse 1) I chased jackpots through the midnight glow Watched good balls come and go Held some too long Let some fly Learned a few truths I couldn’t deny Fear said hold it Doubt said wait Life kept moving anyway Every lane I thought I knew Led somewhere I never planned to (Pre-Chorus) The score kept changing The lights burned bright Some days I won Some days I learned why (Chorus) Shoot Again That’s what the machine said Shoot Again After every dream went dead Shoot Again One more ball One more chance One more shot at the great romance Shoot Again (Verse 2) Dead bounces taught me patience Life in the pops taught distraction Multiball taught responsibility Rage Tilt taught reaction Tilt Warning tried to save me Sometimes I listened Sometimes not But every lesson on the playfield Was earned one ball at a time (Pre-Chorus) The score kept changing The lights burned bright Some days I won Some days I learned why (Chorus) Shoot Again That’s what the machine said Shoot Again After every dream went dead Shoot Again One more ball One more chance One more shot at the great romance Shoot Again (Bridge) (Instrumental) (Ball Rolling Slowly) I spent half my life trying not to lose The other half learning how to choose The machine never promised fairness The machine never promised ease It only offered opportunities And asked what I’d do with these (Silence) (Verse 3) Now the crowd is getting smaller The mirrors tell the truth The lights don’t shine quite as bright As they did in my youth But I still feel the magic When the shooter rod pulls back Because hope sounds like a steel ball Finding its way down the track (Final Chorus) Shoot Again Not because I’m certain Shoot Again Not because I’ll win Shoot Again Because the game ain’t over Long as there’s another ball to send Shoot Again One more laugh One more song One more chance to prove them wrong Shoot Again (Outro) (Ball Loaded) (Plunger Pulling Back) Fear said hold it Doubt said wait Possibility rolled past anyway The score never told the story The player did (Machine Voice) Player One Shoot Again (Ball Launches) (Silence)
