A/N: From Tolya's perspective. Self-explanitory. Copyright bla bla bla Aida bla bla bla Tim Rice bla bla bla Elton John and not mine GODDAMNNIT!
MY STRONGEST SUIT
In life, one has to face a huge assortment
of distractions to whom, we must nice.
There's friends and family, possessing no comportment,
and other pointless forms of sacrifice.
Wives? Children? Don't let them enter.
Love? money? They do not spell success.
So forget supporting roles, observe the centre.
I am what a play: the game of chess.
Oh now, I believe in dreaming
like it's the only thing redeeming
in a world, that when left unchecked,
can quite corrupting.
And for chess, that's quite disrupting.
For even if I stay or I defect,
I know all I'll do is plan plays
and give no thought to what the man says.
Curb no ambition, accept no substitute.
For cerebral performers
we'll never be conformers.
Chess has always been my strongest suit
Any side: black or white.
Any play: wrong or right.
Whether onyx or the marble
and however press may garble
I ensure that ev'ry move I make is made in time
Whether Scholar's or King's Defence
I assure you their's no pretence,
for those whom I step on, it's worth the climb.
And the few who come just second
to the game find that they're beckoned
to see their lives are just "en" and not the "route"
Being from the land of Orwell,
I am anything but normal.
Plus, chess has always been my strongest suit.
Any side: black or white.
Any play: wrong or right.
Any side: black or white.
Any play: wrong or right.
Any side: black or white.
Any play: wrong or right.
Any side: black or white.
Any play: wrong or right.
I am what I play
Observe my smartest, most refining
most confusing ,most defining
most prepared, most bewild'ring and to boot
most inventive ,most despairing
most creative, most hair-tearing.
I am what I play
Any side: black or white.
Any play: wrong or right.
Chess has always been my strongest...
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SUIT!