It's funny how fast everything can change
Not season to season, but day to day
With the flicker of a flame
Or the bend of a rod
Everything can burn
Or hear a family's applaud

A turn of the table
Can shuffle the deck
The next card you pull
Can decide what happens next

A smile for the world
Or a shattering sound
A chance to break these chains
Or remain forever bound

Like is a poker game
Only we don't choose to play
But we can end it if we please
But so much we can be losing

I'm holding my cards
But I don't know what they mean
Staring at the world around me
A blurry, painted scene.

Really, what is it for?
All of this faking.
I don't want to do this anymore,
My poker face is breaking.

Am I winning yet?
I just want to win.
One hand, that's all I need.
A good one and I'm freed

A breathe to take,
My lungs to stop collapsing.
I'm high on the pain,
I can't control the relapsing

One day, one game,
Can't it be mine?
Play the cards right,
Just one time.

I don't want to be here
If it will always be the same
If something doesn't change
I don't want to play this poker game