Glen Hansard - Fool's Game Lyrics

How could I know that this longing would drive me so crazy ?
That it would make my heart to hell, and my eyes to Jeyhoon (a big whitewater river in old Persia).

چه دانستم که این سودا مرا زین سان کند مجنون

دلم را دوزخی سازد دو چشمم را کند جیحون

This is a cover right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CG4eN8SUQ

Dear Glen, my three year old son LOVES this song & "Renata" & we all love you & are praying for you in Jesus's Almighty Name Alleluliah my beautiful Brother. Love Renata & co (NY) (pray for us to leave ny lol)

I'm sorry to say, but this is not good... This whole album is absolutly lack of emotions! Please Glen, leave all this electronics, truphets and other stuff! Grab your old guitar and take a walk on the street, maybe you find this sad and emotions we all love you for...
And to be clear: I'm absolutly fan of everything Glen done so far... exept of this record.

White peoples filled with demons? (End times etc)

These songs are INSANELY beautiful. Shockingly beautiful. Thank you Glen and crew!!!!

Was so sorry to hear he had to cancel his New Orleans concert. It was my first chance to see Glen for This Wild WIlling tour. I hope he returns.

This album is brilliant. Watching him play this song live was amazing.

2:36 I love it!!!

Perfect. Thank you. I love the Persian poem at the end of the track.

Plagiarism. Bonnie Tyler - It's a Heartache

You are an AMAZING artist. We as humans can relate to your sense of pain in one way or another. I hope you realize how much you help this unforgiving world...I know you have helped this human many times over. Thank You For That.

Sense paraules Glend...

I heard of his songs from the movie. It's beautiful.
I really wish, one day I have a chance to see his performance. It's gonna make my life

What' s the movie?

Wunderschön. So mystisch, so sanft. Die persische Note am Ende versetzt einem in 1001 Nacht-Flair.

Glen is a gift from God.

Glen is a real DUB!

watching this man in live was the best thing i ever did in life. I flew for more than 6.000km from Brazil to France only to watch him and it was the best decision of my entire life. Glen Hansard is the human form of art.

A wonderful artist

Ww thanks. For him :)

I think to do the same, from Chile!!!

Im planning to travel to Ireland for him, too, from Argentina. Es un maestro.

I agree with every word.

How great can art be..

Beutiful love you Glen !!

Glen always sings from his soul for another soul.

Stellar.

Im in love with this and brothers keeper

Im only here to wait for 3:37

Is anyone here able to translate the final bit of the song? Thank you kindly. I'm dying to know.

I'm persian and this part is in farsi which is our language. This girl is also persian and we are proud of her. This is a poem from our famous poet "Rumi". I will translate it for you my friend: "How could i know that this dream would make me this much mad! And turn my heart into a hell... and my eyes into a river!"

i think you will also like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Y0Qt4-lIY

Me encanta !!!!!

si claro!!!!

3:33 O.O I had this softly playing in the background while working on my computer. That woke me up.

Sounds like the end of the world

Wow! Magic

It's a fool's, fool's game
Lover, that we have to play
Crashing into each other
No convalescing

It's a leap of faith
Lover, that we blindly take
I'm taking it with you and no other
No hesitating

And if our minds they go
And our bones they shatter
We'll put it on nobody
But ourselves

It's an old refrain
Lover, that we hear again
Urging a cautious measure
Sounding a warning

It's a thin escape
Lover, that we hope to make
When we're beaten, broken and battered
Beyond consoling

And the breezes blow
And to the winds we're scattered
And we're fending for nobody
But ourselves

It's a fool's, fool's game
When you've nothing but a heart to break
Better keep on breaking it, lover
Until it opens

It's a speeding train
Beating through the pouring rain
With no way to slow or stop it
And the tracks are broken

Like a rising wave
Through the storms we gather
And we're falling on nobody
But ourselves

This is what happens when Hansard listen to Iver. F*** beautiful !!

Loving the lightly overdubbed vocals. Reminds me of a bit of frou frou/ imogen heap. Really excited for this album.

Who is the singer at the end of the song? She is amazing...

one of these:
Pouyã Khoshravesh: Vocals
Mãni Khoshravesh: Vocals
Nimã Khoshravesh: Vocals
Nadia Genet: Vocals

persian singer "Aida Shahghasemi"
see this for more : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk9S4rztrEA
and also this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HY8NtGaZ4Y

No me canso de ver el vídeo, creo que con la música de Glen la tristeza se siente más bonita.

Awesome track!!! Will be seeing Glen for the eighth time in June!!!

This is so beautiful. Thanks Glen!

The beauty and power behind this song is unbelievable.....Thank you Glen, you're my musical inspiration...

Feels like a Frames song! Just needs a nice soaring fiddle part.

Just...wow. Loving it

This so far seems like the Glen solo album I've been waiting for since Glen started doing solo albums.

Agreed. I've been waiting for him to have the same magic as what happened with the Swell Season. This is it. It's been haunting me since I first heard it.

I want new album of the frames :P

¿Algún latino que le guste Glen Hansard? <3

LO AMO desde hace 12 años!!! Ecuador

El Parker a mi me gusta

yo, desde Chile. Gracias a Amazon tengo toda su discografía. Este tipo es un genio. Con The Frames, con Marketa, solo, como venga. Tiene una historia musical preciosa.

De México, iré a su concierto en unos días,es raro que vaya a conciertos o que salga,pero lo vale

superb shock...

Te mando mi corazón desde México Glen Hansard !!!! Te amo 😚

I'm enjoying the desperation in this song and video way too much.

Powefull video, i love it

merci moniseur Hansard

Beautiful song , fantastic video

omg YES 💘🙌🏻 beautiful

He played this song live last week in Amsterdam. Pure magic!

大爱！！！

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I feel you my darlings!! Hope to meet you soon, in flesh! Powerful energy involving!!

I feel you my darlings!! Hope to meet you soon, in flesh! Powerful energy involving!!

This song is already giving me chills, I can't wait to hear it live!! Also, is that Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips?? https://youtu.be/P-O64dDOETw?t=242

such a beautifool game !
tender and fragile feelings

I literally cannot wait for the whole album to come out!

This is one of the most beautiful songs I have heard in a good while…and the video is simply amazing, a true punch to my heart. Thank you Glen and everyone else involved in this beauty! <3

Fantastic songwriting and production.

Simply beautiful!

I'm always down for some new Glen. Can't wait to pick up the new album.

I like it.

👏👏👏wow! 💛

Beautiful song, Glen!

GoodNews) Master!