Do you think you re building a fortress?

Verse 1]
Do you think you're building a fortress? What a folly to believe it's true.
Just look – it's nothing but a house of cards, a colored, flimsy view.
You're pleased to have the mighty Aces, brilliant, beautiful Queens,
The Jacks, those dashing generals, in all their gallant scenes.

[Pre-Chorus]
You see your grand creation and you think, with pride instilled,
That you're a master architect, that even Gaud; would be thrilled.

[Chorus]
Oh, what a captivating game, this building card by card!
I used to do it as a child and thought myself so smart!
But I am glad that I have grown much wiser with the years,
And left behind those fragile dreams and all their childish fears!

[Verse 2]
Your eye delights on all the Sixes, each element and part,
And, as is right, two Jokers perch, presiding with their art.
You managed to erect a thing that others never could,
A structure standing where, for them, no edifice ever stood.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
(You see your grand creation...)

[Chorus]
(Oh, what a captivating game...)

[Bridge]
And those who should have told you that it's fake, a fragile lie,
Proclaim you genius, mastermind, as they look on from high.
They know the truth, they understand the game and all its laws –
(Whispered, then explosive) SOMETIMES, WITHIN THE PLAY, A SIMPLE SIX CAN BEAT AN ACE!

[Guitar Solo - chaotic, distorted]
[Final Chorus - explosive and anthemic]
(Oh, what a captivating game...)
[Song ends with a sudden cut-off]