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[nbnewell]

[2H] farewell bulliten

[unVoice]

According to Sting one of of his DVD's, the song is about a man who is a master card-player but plays to find some divine, almost spiritual meaning to the probabilities of the game. He is so involved in this game that he is almost emotionless, and this affects his relationships aversely.

"And if I told you that I loved you, you'd maybe think there's something wrong..."

He is not a man used to expressing his feelings, but he wants to. However he knows that he is only a man of one "face", which is the "mask" he hides behind, his poker-face, you could say.


Sting = ♥

[theravencries]

'stop to smell the roses'

[mgelles]

I'm struck by the fact that many of these lines could hould have a double meaning in the context of the game. Unvoice gives what Sting meant by the song but a few lines in particular could mean two things.
For in the line
"Those he plays never suspect" Sting obviously is talking about the poker player's opponents at the card table not knowing the reason he plays cards.

However in the context of our game the cards themselves are characters and the lines can be read differently alluding to an unseen hand the plays the deck and the fact the individual cards are as ignorant of their fates or the outcome of the game as we are.
I base this in part on what we've already been told about the dect that lower numbered know less and have less to reveal than those higher up.

Furthermore the line "He deals the cards for the answer could allude to the larger purpose of the game to reveal a deeper meaning as more cards are dealt
Michelle, rambling yet again

[Wandering Star]

I wonder if the PMs are making some kind of statement through 2H with those lyrics.

They seem to hint at a few possible things.


Wandering*

[Falcos]

To me, the line that jumped out was:

[Reckoner]