How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?

It's funny, I spent my whole life wanting to be talked about
I did it, just about everything to see my name in lights
Was it all worth it? And how did I earn it?
Nobody's perfect, I guess I deserve it

How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make?
Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone?
Will any of this matter?

It's funny how everybody mentions my name, they're never very nice
I took it, just about everything except my own advice
Was it all worth it? And how did I earn it?
Nobody's perfect, I guess I deserve it

How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make? (nothing lasts forever)
Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone? (does it make a difference?)
Will any of this matter?

How high? Doesn't make a difference
Nothing lasts forever
Should I? Will it matter when I'm gone?
Will any of this matter?

How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
Should I carry on?
Will it matter when I'm gone?

How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make?
Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone?
Will any of this matter?

How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make? (how high? Doesn't make a difference)
(Nothing lasts forever) does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone? (should I? Will it matter when I'm gone?)
(Doesn't make a difference) will any of this matter?

How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
Should I carry on?
Will it matter when I'm gone?

How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
Should I carry on?
Will it matter when I'm gone?