历史

2018年12月22日，一个名为Gabor72的WatZatSong用户上传了一段歌曲片段，该歌曲被归类为“摇滚乐”和“英文曲”。然而，该歌曲片段直到2023年底和2024年初才被备受欢迎以寻找。

2023年12月9日，搜索者为该歌曲创建了一个Reddit版块r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame。

2024年5月6日，人们发现上传这首歌的Gabor72已然逝世。根据Reddit的一篇帖子，他的脸书个人资料证明了这一点，且Gabor72的妻子发布了他的死亡证明。²

2024年5月12日，一位Reddit用户通过电子邮件联系了Gabor的女儿，Gabor的女儿表示她希望为搜索该歌曲提供帮助。³Gabor的女儿同时声称，Gabor从未拥有过关于这段片段的任何黑胶唱片，但它可能来自80年代中期到90年代中期的意大利或匈牙利广播电台，因为Gabor是意大利音乐的粉丝。⁴

歌曲黑胶唱片

旧线索及理论

一用户认为这首歌可能来源于挪威的一名为“Millenya”的乐队。该用户联系了声称拥有该乐队的光盘、Discogs工作人员⁵及乐队的假定成员。第二天，“Millenya”理论被证实揭穿，该歌曲并非该乐队制作。

另一理论认为，该歌曲由加拿大乐队“The Answer”创作，因为他们有一首名为《Just a Game》的歌曲。随着该歌曲被发现来源后，该理论被揭穿。

2024年6月，许多不同用户在subreddit上发布“整首歌曲”并声称他们已经找到了整首歌曲。后来该歌曲被证实由AI制作。这首歌据称是由名为“The Flower Band”的乐队创作，但由于原始图像仅为粉丝制作而被证实其为谬误。

发现

2024年6月30日，歌曲的完整版本被Gabor的女儿Dorka发现。当天随后，Christof Bachmeier的一首名为《Just a Game（Here I Stand，All Alone Again）》的歌曲的版权条目被发现，其认为是该歌曲的官方名称和创作者。一天后，r/NowiknewItsJustAGame子版块的管理确认Christof Bachmeier和他的乐队Change To Win是这首歌背后的创作者，就此，五年半的搜索落下帷幕。

歌词

[Verse 1]
Here I stand all alone again
Now I realize the signs are pushed away
A thousand times I tried to remind myself
To live for the moment, be happy with me

[Pre-Chorus]
But I lost the chance 'cause it didn't heed to my heart
And it hurt so much to feel everything has gone

[Verse 2]
Let's make a new start, a tree of lights
Would we do it?
Not the money, or the power
Will catch you when you fall
See the children in the desert
See their hopeless desperate eyes
Ask the father what he thinks
When his hungry baby cries

[Pre-Chorus]
But I lost the chance 'cause you tried to get it all
And you wont understand until your back is to the wall

[Chorus]
And now I know it's just a game
And I don't need the rules to play
Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
But you can't choose the way to play
And now I know it's just a game
And I don't need the rules to play
Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
But you can't choose the way to play

[Verse 3]
Dead or alive, that's the password I put in time
We got all we want, but we got no time to live
Oh, we don't care about the real things in life
While they kill ourselves
For a little bit of printed paper
Oh God!

[Pre-Chorus]
And we won't understand until my back is to the wall

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Final Chorus]
And now I know it's just a game
And I don't need the rules to play
Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
But you can't choose
You can't
And now I know it's just a game
And I don't need the rules to play
Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
But you can't choose the way to play
And now I know it's just a game (Oh now I know)
And I don't need the rules to play (It's just a game)
Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
But you can't choose the way to play
And now I know it's just a game
And I don't need the rules to play
Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad (Oh, sad, so sad)
But you can't choose the way to play