Chaebol Game

Verse 1

Skyline glows but the foundation is cracked

Family crest on the ledger keeps the shadows in check

Macadamias on a plate started the fire

Privilege screaming louder as the stakes get higher

Structure of a web Company A to B to C

Locked in a loop for the heirs to see

Taxes bypassed in the name of the blood

Rising from the ashes and the Korean mud

Park Chung-hee shook the hand of the tycoon

Steel for the city under a blood red moon

Pre-Chorus

Ten names hold the weight of the whole world

Sixty percent in a flag unfurled

Intricate strings in a diamond weave

Hard to tell the truth when it's built to deceive

Chorus

Conglomerate kings on a gilded throne

Inherited empire they don't even own

Living in the gap of the class divide

Nowhere for the little man left to hide

Conglomerate kings with the laws in their hand

Three to five ruling all across the land

Apex of success or a mark of the shame

Everybody's playing in the chaebol game

Verse 2

Hwang Yumi in the clean room light

Chemical haze in the middle of the night

Company denied what the doctors could see

Profits over people for the dynasty

Youth in the library praying for the test

Recruitment season putting spirits to rest

Graduate dreams in a narrow little gate

One wrong answer seals a medium fate

Government pension used for the vote

Greasing the palms of the palace coat

Pre-Chorus

Ten names hold the weight of the whole world

Sixty percent in a flag unfurled

Intricate strings in a diamond weave

Hard to tell the truth when it's built to deceive

Chorus

Conglomerate kings on a gilded throne

Inherited empire they don't even own

Living in the gap of the class divide

Nowhere for the little man left to hide

Conglomerate kings with the laws in their hand

Three to five ruling all across the land

Apex of success or a mark of the shame

Everybody's playing in the chaebol game

Bridge

Nut rage in the cabin sky

Watch the verdict pass you by

Suspended time for the elite breed

Rooted in the garden of industrial greed

Is it a miracle or just a cage

Turning to the dark on the final page

Chorus

Conglomerate kings on a gilded throne

Inherited empire they don't even own

Living in the gap of the class divide

Nowhere for the little man left to hide

Conglomerate kings with the laws in their hand

Three to five ruling all across the land

Apex of success or a mark of the shame

Everybody's playing in the chaebol game