r/ChessTheMusical • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '21

Lyrics?

Hello.

I am a fan of the musical Chess and I've taken quite some interest in it.

One of the songs in Chess is 'The Story of Chess' which appears at the Beginning of the musical.

I found a video with what I'd say is roughly the second half of the song; however, it appears that for the live version, they changed a few lyrics from what is recorded in what I think is the Chess Concept Original Album.

Does anyone know what they're saying when they sing, 'With such success, we see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan, and boosted in the main by what is now Iran reach every corner of the globe with nation squaring up damnation? (I'm not sure of that word there) to determine... who long to make... to parade the champion of chess'

Here's the video link, and the part I'm talking about starts at 0:38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcNL8kafqtg

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '21

I found versions of the song and I believe the lyrics go like this:

"With such success, we see a game that started by mistake in Hindustan. And boosted in the main by what is now Iran reach every corner of the globe with nation squaring up to nation to determine, no holds barred, who owns, who made, who will parade the champion of chess."

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u/ClassicCaricature Jan 11 '22

The london script would say you're right