Endgame
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๐ Lyrics
MOLOKOV
How straightforward the game
When one has trust in one's player (Choir 1921 Jose Capablanca)
And how great the relief
Working for one who believes in
Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind come what may
CHOIR
1927 Alexander Alekine
THE AMARICAN
Though it gives me no joy (The Russian 1935 Euwe)
Adding to your satisfaction (Choir 1948 Mikhail Botvinnik)
You can safely assume
That your late unlamented employee
Knows if he wins then the only thing won is the chess
CHOIR
1957 Vasily Smyslov
MOLOKOV
It's the weak who accept (Florence 1960 Tal)
Tawdry untruths about freedom (Choir 1963 Tigran Petrosian)
Prostituting themselves
Chasing a spurious starlight
Trinkets in airports sufficient to lead them astray
CHOIR
1969 Boris Spassky
FLORENCE
Does the player exist (Choir 1972 Bobby Fischer)
In any human endeavour (Choir 1975 Anatoly Karpov)
Who's been known to resist
Sirens of fame and possessions?
They will destroy you, not rivals, not age, not success
THE RUSSIAN
They all think they see a man
Who doesn't know
Which move to make
Which way to go
Whose private life
Caused his decline
Wrecked his grand design
Some are vicious, some are fools
And others blind
To see in me one of there kind
Anyone can be
A husband, lover
Sooner them than me
When they discover
Their domestic bliss is
Shelter for their failing
Nothing could be worse
Than self-denial
Having to rehearse
To endless trial
Of a partners rather sad
Demands prevailing
SVETLANA
As you watch yourself caring
About a minor sporting triumph, sharing
Your win with esoterics,
Paranoids, hysterics,
Who don't pay any attention to
What goes on around them
They leave the one they love the way they found them
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you
THE RUSSIAN
Nothing you have said
is revelation
Take my blues as read
My consolation -
Finding out that I'm my one true obligation
(Crowd cheer)
SVETLANA AND THE CROWD
Listen to them shout
They saw you do it
In their minds no doubt
That you've been through it
Suffered for your art
But in the end a winner
Who could not be stirred
Such dedication
We have never heard
Such an ovation
Skill and guts a model
For the young beginner
They're completely enchanted
But they don't take your qualities for granted
It isn't very often
That the critics soften
Nonetheless you've won their hearts
How can we begin to
Appreciate the work that you've put into
Your calling through the years
The blood, the sweat, the tears
The late, late nights, the early starts
There they go again!
Your deeds enflame them
Drive them wild, but then
Who wants to tame them
If they want a part of you
Who'd really blame them?
(Crowd cheer louder still)
THE RUSSIAN
And so you're letting me know -
SVETLANA
For you're the only one who's never suffered anything at all
THE RUSSIAN
How you've hated my success -
SVETLANA
Well I won't crawl -
And you can slink back to your pawns
and to your tarts
THE RUSSIAN
And every poisoned word shows that you never understood
SVETLANA
Liar!
THE RUSSIAN
Never!
BOTH
Nothing you have said
Is revelation
Take my blues as read
My consolation -
SVETLANA
Finding out that I'm my only obligation
THE RUSSIAN
Is there no one in my life
Who will not claim
The right to steal
My work, my name
My success, my fame
And my freedom
How straightforward the game
When one has trust in one's player (Choir 1921 Jose Capablanca)
And how great the relief
Working for one who believes in
Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind come what may
CHOIR
1927 Alexander Alekine
THE AMARICAN
Though it gives me no joy (The Russian 1935 Euwe)
Adding to your satisfaction (Choir 1948 Mikhail Botvinnik)
You can safely assume
That your late unlamented employee
Knows if he wins then the only thing won is the chess
CHOIR
1957 Vasily Smyslov
MOLOKOV
It's the weak who accept (Florence 1960 Tal)
Tawdry untruths about freedom (Choir 1963 Tigran Petrosian)
Prostituting themselves
Chasing a spurious starlight
Trinkets in airports sufficient to lead them astray
CHOIR
1969 Boris Spassky
FLORENCE
Does the player exist (Choir 1972 Bobby Fischer)
In any human endeavour (Choir 1975 Anatoly Karpov)
Who's been known to resist
Sirens of fame and possessions?
They will destroy you, not rivals, not age, not success
THE RUSSIAN
They all think they see a man
Who doesn't know
Which move to make
Which way to go
Whose private life
Caused his decline
Wrecked his grand design
Some are vicious, some are fools
And others blind
To see in me one of there kind
Anyone can be
A husband, lover
Sooner them than me
When they discover
Their domestic bliss is
Shelter for their failing
Nothing could be worse
Than self-denial
Having to rehearse
To endless trial
Of a partners rather sad
Demands prevailing
SVETLANA
As you watch yourself caring
About a minor sporting triumph, sharing
Your win with esoterics,
Paranoids, hysterics,
Who don't pay any attention to
What goes on around them
They leave the one they love the way they found them
A normal person must
Dismiss you with disgust
And weep for those who trusted you
THE RUSSIAN
Nothing you have said
is revelation
Take my blues as read
My consolation -
Finding out that I'm my one true obligation
(Crowd cheer)
SVETLANA AND THE CROWD
Listen to them shout
They saw you do it
In their minds no doubt
That you've been through it
Suffered for your art
But in the end a winner
Who could not be stirred
Such dedication
We have never heard
Such an ovation
Skill and guts a model
For the young beginner
They're completely enchanted
But they don't take your qualities for granted
It isn't very often
That the critics soften
Nonetheless you've won their hearts
How can we begin to
Appreciate the work that you've put into
Your calling through the years
The blood, the sweat, the tears
The late, late nights, the early starts
There they go again!
Your deeds enflame them
Drive them wild, but then
Who wants to tame them
If they want a part of you
Who'd really blame them?
(Crowd cheer louder still)
THE RUSSIAN
And so you're letting me know -
SVETLANA
For you're the only one who's never suffered anything at all
THE RUSSIAN
How you've hated my success -
SVETLANA
Well I won't crawl -
And you can slink back to your pawns
and to your tarts
THE RUSSIAN
And every poisoned word shows that you never understood
SVETLANA
Liar!
THE RUSSIAN
Never!
BOTH
Nothing you have said
Is revelation
Take my blues as read
My consolation -
SVETLANA
Finding out that I'm my only obligation
THE RUSSIAN
Is there no one in my life
Who will not claim
The right to steal
My work, my name
My success, my fame
And my freedom
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[02:19.00] MOLOKOV
[02:37.64] How straightforward the game
[02:39.40] When one has trust in one's player (Choir 1921 Jose Capablanca)
[02:45.97] And how great the relief
[02:48.66] Working for one who believes in
[02:51.37] Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind come what may
[02:56.77] CHOIR
[02:57.73] 1927 Alexander Alekine
[02:59.50] THE AMARICAN
[03:00.43] Though it gives me no joy (The Russian 1935 Euwe)
[03:02.20] Adding to your satisfaction (Choir 1948 Mikhail Botvinnik)
[03:08.62] You can safely assume
[03:10.43] That your late unlamented employee
[03:14.04] Knows if he wins then the only thing won is the chess
[03:18.54] CHOIR
[03:19.61] 1957 Vasily Smyslov
[03:21.46] MOLOKOV
[03:22.38] It's the weak who accept (Florence 1960 Tal)
[03:24.16] Tawdry untruths about freedom (Choir 1963 Tigran Petrosian)
[03:29.79] Prostituting themselves
[03:33.47] Chasing a spurious starlight
[03:36.25] Trinkets in airports sufficient to lead them astray
[03:40.78] CHOIR
[03:41.64] 1969 Boris Spassky
[03:44.32] FLORENCE
[03:45.22] Does the player exist (Choir 1972 Bobby Fischer)
[03:47.08] In any human endeavour (Choir 1975 Anatoly Karpov)
[03:52.47] Who's been known to resist
[03:55.14] Sirens of fame and possessions?
[03:58.86] They will destroy you, not rivals, not age, not success
[05:47.45] THE RUSSIAN
[05:50.14] They all think they see a man
[05:52.90] Who doesn't know
[05:55.66] Which move to make
[05:59.31] Which way to go
[06:02.07] Whose private life
[06:04.73] Caused his decline
[06:09.38] Wrecked his grand design
[06:15.61] Some are vicious, some are fools
[06:20.34] And others blind
[06:25.72] To see in me one of there kind
[06:38.41] Anyone can be
[06:40.26] A husband, lover
[06:42.06] Sooner them than me
[06:44.75] When they discover
[06:46.51] Their domestic bliss is
[06:48.37] Shelter for their failing
[06:54.62] Nothing could be worse
[06:56.49] Than self-denial
[06:58.33] Having to rehearse
[07:01.02] To endless trial
[07:02.87] Of a partners rather sad
[07:04.69] Demands prevailing
[07:08.30] SVETLANA
[07:09.21] As you watch yourself caring
[07:12.92] About a minor sporting triumph, sharing
[07:17.42] Your win with esoterics,
[07:19.20] Paranoids, hysterics,
[07:22.19] Who don't pay any attention to
[07:23.96] What goes on around them
[07:27.56] They leave the one they love the way they found them
[07:32.04] A normal person must
[07:34.71] Dismiss you with disgust
[07:36.57] And weep for those who trusted you
[07:39.21] THE RUSSIAN
[07:41.02] Nothing you have said
[07:42.94] is revelation
[07:44.74] Take my blues as read
[07:47.41] My consolation -
[07:49.25] Finding out that I'm my one true obligation
[07:53.78] (Crowd cheer)
[07:59.13] SVETLANA AND THE CROWD
[08:01.86] Listen to them shout
[08:04.75] They saw you do it
[08:06.59] In their minds no doubt
[08:09.22] That you've been through it
[08:11.06] Suffered for your art
[08:12.87] But in the end a winner
[08:19.25] Who could not be stirred
[08:21.06] Such dedication
[08:22.80] We have never heard
[08:25.57] Such an ovation
[08:28.23] Skill and guts a model
[08:29.10] For the young beginner
[08:33.68] They're completely enchanted
[08:36.35] But they don't take your qualities for granted
[08:41.93] It isn't very often
[08:44.60] That the critics soften
[08:46.45] Nonetheless you've won their hearts
[08:49.11] How can we begin to
[08:51.87] Appreciate the work that you've put into
[08:56.41] Your calling through the years
[08:59.17] The blood, the sweat, the tears
[09:00.98] The late, late nights, the early starts
[09:05.59] There they go again!
[09:07.37] Your deeds enflame them
[09:09.10] Drive them wild, but then
[09:11.83] Who wants to tame them
[09:13.61] If they want a part of you
[09:16.31] Who'd really blame them?
[09:19.98] (Crowd cheer louder still)
[09:25.30] THE RUSSIAN
[09:26.25] And so you're letting me know -
[09:28.15] SVETLANA
[09:29.15] For you're the only one who's never suffered anything at all
[09:30.96] THE RUSSIAN
[09:31.98] How you've hated my success -
[09:34.62] SVETLANA
[09:35.53] Well I won't crawl -
[09:37.33] And you can slink back to your pawns
[09:40.08] and to your tarts
[09:40.93] THE RUSSIAN
[09:41.90] And every poisoned word shows that you never understood
[09:47.42] SVETLANA
[09:48.34] Liar!
[09:49.28] THE RUSSIAN
[09:50.17] Never!
[09:51.05] BOTH
[10:00.09] Nothing you have said
[10:02.93] Is revelation
[10:04.77] Take my blues as read
[10:06.56] My consolation -
[10:08.45] SVETLANA
[10:09.33] Finding out that I'm my only obligation
[10:11.16] THE RUSSIAN
[10:14.74] Is there no one in my life
[10:17.40] Who will not claim
[10:21.16] The right to steal
[10:24.77] My work, my name
[10:28.31] My success, my fame
[10:36.48] And my freedom
[10:45.55]
[02:37.64] How straightforward the game
[02:39.40] When one has trust in one's player (Choir 1921 Jose Capablanca)
[02:45.97] And how great the relief
[02:48.66] Working for one who believes in
[02:51.37] Loyalty, heritage, true to his kind come what may
[02:56.77] CHOIR
[02:57.73] 1927 Alexander Alekine
[02:59.50] THE AMARICAN
[03:00.43] Though it gives me no joy (The Russian 1935 Euwe)
[03:02.20] Adding to your satisfaction (Choir 1948 Mikhail Botvinnik)
[03:08.62] You can safely assume
[03:10.43] That your late unlamented employee
[03:14.04] Knows if he wins then the only thing won is the chess
[03:18.54] CHOIR
[03:19.61] 1957 Vasily Smyslov
[03:21.46] MOLOKOV
[03:22.38] It's the weak who accept (Florence 1960 Tal)
[03:24.16] Tawdry untruths about freedom (Choir 1963 Tigran Petrosian)
[03:29.79] Prostituting themselves
[03:33.47] Chasing a spurious starlight
[03:36.25] Trinkets in airports sufficient to lead them astray
[03:40.78] CHOIR
[03:41.64] 1969 Boris Spassky
[03:44.32] FLORENCE
[03:45.22] Does the player exist (Choir 1972 Bobby Fischer)
[03:47.08] In any human endeavour (Choir 1975 Anatoly Karpov)
[03:52.47] Who's been known to resist
[03:55.14] Sirens of fame and possessions?
[03:58.86] They will destroy you, not rivals, not age, not success
[05:47.45] THE RUSSIAN
[05:50.14] They all think they see a man
[05:52.90] Who doesn't know
[05:55.66] Which move to make
[05:59.31] Which way to go
[06:02.07] Whose private life
[06:04.73] Caused his decline
[06:09.38] Wrecked his grand design
[06:15.61] Some are vicious, some are fools
[06:20.34] And others blind
[06:25.72] To see in me one of there kind
[06:38.41] Anyone can be
[06:40.26] A husband, lover
[06:42.06] Sooner them than me
[06:44.75] When they discover
[06:46.51] Their domestic bliss is
[06:48.37] Shelter for their failing
[06:54.62] Nothing could be worse
[06:56.49] Than self-denial
[06:58.33] Having to rehearse
[07:01.02] To endless trial
[07:02.87] Of a partners rather sad
[07:04.69] Demands prevailing
[07:08.30] SVETLANA
[07:09.21] As you watch yourself caring
[07:12.92] About a minor sporting triumph, sharing
[07:17.42] Your win with esoterics,
[07:19.20] Paranoids, hysterics,
[07:22.19] Who don't pay any attention to
[07:23.96] What goes on around them
[07:27.56] They leave the one they love the way they found them
[07:32.04] A normal person must
[07:34.71] Dismiss you with disgust
[07:36.57] And weep for those who trusted you
[07:39.21] THE RUSSIAN
[07:41.02] Nothing you have said
[07:42.94] is revelation
[07:44.74] Take my blues as read
[07:47.41] My consolation -
[07:49.25] Finding out that I'm my one true obligation
[07:53.78] (Crowd cheer)
[07:59.13] SVETLANA AND THE CROWD
[08:01.86] Listen to them shout
[08:04.75] They saw you do it
[08:06.59] In their minds no doubt
[08:09.22] That you've been through it
[08:11.06] Suffered for your art
[08:12.87] But in the end a winner
[08:19.25] Who could not be stirred
[08:21.06] Such dedication
[08:22.80] We have never heard
[08:25.57] Such an ovation
[08:28.23] Skill and guts a model
[08:29.10] For the young beginner
[08:33.68] They're completely enchanted
[08:36.35] But they don't take your qualities for granted
[08:41.93] It isn't very often
[08:44.60] That the critics soften
[08:46.45] Nonetheless you've won their hearts
[08:49.11] How can we begin to
[08:51.87] Appreciate the work that you've put into
[08:56.41] Your calling through the years
[08:59.17] The blood, the sweat, the tears
[09:00.98] The late, late nights, the early starts
[09:05.59] There they go again!
[09:07.37] Your deeds enflame them
[09:09.10] Drive them wild, but then
[09:11.83] Who wants to tame them
[09:13.61] If they want a part of you
[09:16.31] Who'd really blame them?
[09:19.98] (Crowd cheer louder still)
[09:25.30] THE RUSSIAN
[09:26.25] And so you're letting me know -
[09:28.15] SVETLANA
[09:29.15] For you're the only one who's never suffered anything at all
[09:30.96] THE RUSSIAN
[09:31.98] How you've hated my success -
[09:34.62] SVETLANA
[09:35.53] Well I won't crawl -
[09:37.33] And you can slink back to your pawns
[09:40.08] and to your tarts
[09:40.93] THE RUSSIAN
[09:41.90] And every poisoned word shows that you never understood
[09:47.42] SVETLANA
[09:48.34] Liar!
[09:49.28] THE RUSSIAN
[09:50.17] Never!
[09:51.05] BOTH
[10:00.09] Nothing you have said
[10:02.93] Is revelation
[10:04.77] Take my blues as read
[10:06.56] My consolation -
[10:08.45] SVETLANA
[10:09.33] Finding out that I'm my only obligation
[10:11.16] THE RUSSIAN
[10:14.74] Is there no one in my life
[10:17.40] Who will not claim
[10:21.16] The right to steal
[10:24.77] My work, my name
[10:28.31] My success, my fame
[10:36.48] And my freedom
[10:45.55]