Conduition - iv. The Game Lyrics

Forces act
Push me against the grain
Vision's blurred
Hindered by the haze
The dog days of Summer
Bring me back to Winter
When loneliness is crushing
And discipline is slipping
Do you not feel the same?
And if I thought that you loved me
Then I would have stayed
I would have stayed
And if you thought that I'd learn The Game
Then I would have played
I would have played
Internal falters
Lapses in judgement
Coping mechanisms
Harmful decisions
Dead in the night
You were in flight
From pulling it open
But that's what they say it's
Harder steps to take
If I was awake
I'd see the error in my ways
And I fall back to you
And if I thought that you loved me
Then I would have stayed
I would have stayed
And if you thought that I'd learn The Game
Then I would have played
I would have played
And if I thought that you loved me
(The dog days of Summer)
(Internal falters)
Then I would have stayed
(Bring me back to Winter)
(Lapses in judgement)
I would have stayed
And if you thought that I'd learn The Game
(When loneliness is crushing)
(Coping mechanisms)
Then I would have played
(And discipline is slipping)
(Harmful decisions)
I would have played