Pixel Worlds

[bnewman]

As "Paper Worlds" is a tribute to books, here is a tribute to video games in the same spirit.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

ttto: and adapted from "Paper Worlds" by Talis Kimberley

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/ G - C - G - / D - Em - G - / C - - - /

 

It isn't just Space, though there's danger that I've faced out there

For the challenge and the thrill, where other stars shine

It isn't just Space...

 

And it isn't just Time, though history goes differently

Every time we spin the wheel, each century played,

It isn't just Time...

 

/ D - - - / C - - - / G - - D4 - D - /

 

And I've learned to like my everyday

But I need escape and that's okay 

I can set my cares aside and play...

 

/: Em - C - / G - D - :/

 

Here are pixel worlds to draw me in

I can taste life lived in a different skin

There are pixel worlds that have kept me sane

And I play them again and again and again

 

There are pixel worlds that are just for fun

Others still that ache 'til the battle's won

Here are pixel worlds I've played so long

To challenge me and leave me strong

 

And leave me strong

And leave me strong

 

And it isn't just me who filled my childhood summers

And my winter nights with these, I know

It isn't just me

 

And isn't it fine how such a tiny window

Lets our fingers feel their way into worlds

Isn't it fine...

 

And I've learned to like my everyday

But I need escape and that's okay 

I can set my cares aside and play...

 

Here are pixel worlds to draw me in

I can taste life lived in a different skin

There are pixel worlds that have kept me sane

And I play them again and again and again

 

There are pixel worlds that are just for fun

Others still that ache 'til the battle's won

Here are pixel worlds I've played so long

To challenge me and leave me strong

 

And leave me strong

And leave me strong

 

There are pixel worlds where plumbers leap

Where marbles roll, where dragons sleep

Where robots clash, where kings make war

Where lasers flash, where starships soar

 

There are pixel worlds where trees can talk

Where time turns round, where giants walk

Where heroes fail and heroes win

You can taste life lived in a different skin

 

These pixel worlds are just for fun

'Til the battle's won

These pixel worlds I've played so long

Have made me strong, and it isn't just me

I say it isn't just me (who has lived in pixel worlds)