[Every day I'd walk in and, there was my fresh hand man, A smile of guidance, eyes of alliance, tangled and wired to his little goliath, conveniently deft, a sharp mind, but somehow a few steps behind, I wouldn't'a gived him all of my wisdom, had I known someday---] I'm sorry, right hand man, eyes of alliance? That is PEAK 3rd Life Desert Duo. just imagine Scar heading back to their base, seeing Grian there to greet him, happy and scheming, the two of them working together, with a Grian just a "few steps behind" (not 100% on the alliance at first but, in the end, he's there, by Scar's side, until---)
[he'd scram and I'd miss him!] Suddenly it's Last Life. Everything before was just a flashback to another time. Grian's stolen Scar's life and run off with it, leaving him alone.
[look at me sulk again! weren't you supposed to last forever? guess I just loose myself, I can't adapt to my successors, oh, not on my own, without your phone, that lead to a void...! I was being toyed with by flamboyance, as always, but it felt so good when you'd humor me...] Scar's sad, he'd thought their alliance would last forever, but it's a new game, but his alliance with Joel fell through (can't adapt to his successors) and he's alone again. But, I mean, Grian does come and talk to him sometimes, except it's always for some kind of deal, like him and Mumbo trying to get crystals or lives out of him by threatening "his" horse or locking him in an obsidian box.
["wasn't he just a riot! maybe a tad reliant,"] Now it's Double Life, and Grian is talking about Scar to the other players.
[but how could I blame him? I was the same since everything counted on someone I'd die with---] Scar pretends not to hear how Grian speaks about him, working on his panda sanctuary alone, only for them both to die abruptly from their soulbound.
[perhaps the sweet talk kept on, and you promised that you'd let on, ya finally let go, all coy and sincere, oh,] Limited Life, and Grian is agreeing to have the Bad Boys be allowed to the Clockers, promising an alliance between them once again, except...
[that dazzling night, in the back of the 'Dero] ...Grian kills him, genuinely stabs him in the back, taking his final life despite their alliance.
[here I go crying again! you were supposed to make me better! must be for old times' sake, how you're pulling my antennae, even now! without even holding me, a fool I must've been, to think you'd complete me, by speaking so utterly cheaply, it just felt so good (felt so good, felt so good---)] Scar screaming and crying his heart out, angry and upset. He can't understand why he keeps being betrayed like this, why it can't just be 3rd Life again. He reflects on everything in the past---Grian cheating on him with BigB, Grian stealing his life in Last Life---and, finally, Grian killing him in the final battle of 3rd Life, except that time it felt so good, felt so good---
[all I have left of you only exists inside a cabinet, if i could just look you in the rosy-tinted glasses, I...] Secret Life, but it's already ended, and Scar's already won. He runs his hand along his sunflowers, staring longingly at the suspiciously-Grian-shaped shadow.
[I don't know what I'd tell you, All I remember is---] Wild Life begins.
[---your showstopper smile, how you turned the dial, "don't you just love TV?"] Grian releases the first Wild Card.
[I love TV...! That lasted me for a long while! How can I face myself, somebody tell me how I'm doing, (the show goes on), tell me how good I am, or break that I'm beyond improving, (the show goes on), GOSH forbid!] Scar playing Wild Life a lot more confidently than perhaps he should---his Bamboozlers tell him how good he is, while on the inside, he feels rotten. He lets Jimmy kill Grian and Mumbo, and kills Grian himself, feeling satisfied as it happens.
[you really left me hung out to dry, "you traitorous thing!"] Grian yells at him at the reputation board after blowing it up, but Scar can only smirk back at him, oh, how the tables have turned?
[and yet I still dream of the glory days, think of before this when all that I valued was---] as Grian storms off, Scar can't help but remember, can't help but wish. And then, something seems to switch.
[---your embrace (the show goes on)] Grian offers an alliance in forgiveness for trapping him with his snail, and Scar can't help but be stunned. [(the show goes on, the show goes on, the show goes on)]
[oh, what did we have? there's always a catch to this type of thing...] Scar gets angry---he knows this game. He's played it before. He knows Grian will betray him in the end. And yet...
[but the show goes on (the show goes on, the show goes on, the show goes on, the show goes on)] He plays it anyway.