The Game (Seize the Day)

Inspired by:
John Keating (Robin Williams' character in the film "Dead Poets' Society")
Jacob Marley (from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol")
 

I am a token on the big game board
Marching like a zombie toward some unknown reward
And I'm thinking look before you leap, and yet the loser hesitates
And then I remember that old Latin phrase

And I want to seize the day, seize the day
But I'm dragging around this big heavy chain
I want to seize the day, but I am afraid
Of what I might lose if I quit playing the game

I am a gear in the big machine
But at least it's not lonely, there are millions like me
Turning, turning, one rotation per day
And every night the dreams are always the same

Got to do my running now, 'cause someday I'll be slow
And there are so many places left to go

I'm gonna seize the day, seize the day
Throw my hat over the wall and lose the big heavy chain
I'm gonna seize the day, and I will not be afraid
What have I got to lose, it's time I quit playing the game
 
 
 

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