[starsailor]

Originally Posted by agent0064life

Went ahead and broke this down.....

ended up only breaking down the first stanza but I did a dry run of a couple of the verses/chorus just to let you know how I hear the song in my head... mind you I'm hitting a lot of flat notes but this is just to give you guys a more detailed view of how I hear it.

The Prize

V1

Life's so deceiving
The purpose the meaning
Always chasing the prize --Sing this line and the previous one in your head... seems like always doesn't fit in there not sure what else to put or take it out but it doesn't seem to flow.... thinking as I write here but what if we switch this line and the next one... gives the first three lines a little more fast of a fast pace but it flows better
What they made us believe in

Like this

Life's so deceiving
The purpose the meaning (pause)
What they made us believe in

V2

The prize is the chase
A chase to the end
No time doesn't wait
While we waste away
Chasing the prize
The purpose the meaning

CHORUS

They make you believe
The words they do bend
But the prize is the chase
The chase to the end

V3

We're programmed to love
To love and to hate
Is that our destiny
Our only true fate

V4

Will the chase ever end
No it never does
But we don't give up
Keep proddin' and pokin'
With our useless attempts
We keep tryin' and hopin'

CHORUS TO END

They make you believe
The words they do bend
But the prize is the chase
The chase to the end

The prize is the chase
The chase to the end

Agent if you take the Always chasing the prize line out of the first verse the song loses it's theme straight away as the first line of the second verse doesn't make sense and people won't know what it means as there is no lead into it, that's the one line I wouldn't take out, I had a go at singing it the other day and that line does work for me anyway that line is the foundation for the song in my opinion