The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel) is the last full-length novel of the German author Hermann Hesse. It was begun in 1931 and published in Switzerland in 1943 after being rejected for publication in Germany due to Hesse's anti-Fascist views. A few years later, in 1946, Hesse went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In honoring him in its Award Ceremony Speech, the Swedish Academy said that the novel "occupies a special position" in Hesse's work.
"Glass Bead Game" is a literal translation of the German title, but the book has also been published under the title Magister Ludi, Latin for "Master of the Game", which is an honorific title awarded to the book's central character. "Magister Ludi" can also be seen as a pun: lud- is a Latin stem meaning both "game" and "school". However, the title Magister Ludi is misleading, as it implies the book is a straightforward bildungsroman. In reality, the book touches on many different genres, and the bulk of the story is on one level a parody of the biography genre.
The Glass Bead Game (album)
The Glass Bead Game is the seventh studio album from James Blackshaw. It was released in the United States on May 26, 2009.
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The Game
My citylights don't shine for me
A hopeless glow is all i see
The sounds are deafening
Why do you always see the worst in me
She found comfort, living without me there
There was a time, when i was free
She showed me what it was to breathe
The quiet games caught up with me
Save your answer
Run for our lives till we remember why
We let it slip away
There must have been another way
Save your answer
And i can see it now,
All the times that i lost my way, i pray
That these words find belief,
Life will change everyday
But we will stay the same
Save your answer
Run for our lives till we remember why
We let it slip away
There must have been another way
Save your answer
Do you really wanna forget you?
Do you really wanna let go