Text written by WikiBrother Gabriel Brandino , from @moshinhell
Motörhead , the band of the legendary and dearly missed Lemmy , always paid homage to works and people he admired, and it was no different with the songs "The Game," "Line In The Sand," and "King of Kings."
All three songs were composed in tribute to WWE wrestler Paul Levesque , better known as Triple H. He won 24 titles in WWE , including 14 world titles.
Triple H and Lemmy were personal friends; the wrestler would always enter the ring to songs Lemmy had written for him.
Among them were two main songs.
The first song is called "The Game," and the band even played it live at a WWE event while Triple H entered the ring.
"It's all about the game, and how you play it.
It's all about control, and whether you can handle it.
It's all about your debt and whether you can pay it.
It's all about the pain, and who will inflict it.
I am the game, you don't want to play me.
I am the control, there's no way you can shake me.
I am your debt and you know you can't pay me.
I am the pain and you know you can't handle me...
It's time to play the game."
The game is obviously about fighting, and the song describes how Triple H carried himself and his confidence in the face of his opponent.
The second song is called “King of Kings,” and it was one of the wrestler's nicknames, and it went like this:
“The King left no one alive, no one able to speak.
The King ripped off their heads and sent them to hell.
Their screams echoed loudly at the place of their deaths
. Torn and open they died. With their last breath
, they hailed the King, the King of Kings.
Bow down, bow down to the King.”
Clearly, no other wrestler died, but the WWE legend was considered the king of kings, and death is a metaphor for the defeat that all opponents suffered when facing him.
The song "Line in the Sand" is not autobiographical nor solely a tribute to Triple H, but it was written by Lemmy to be the theme song for a group of wrestlers called the Evolution Alliance, which also included professional wrestlers Ric Flair , Batista and Randy Orton .
At Lemmy's funeral, Triple H gave a speech in which he spoke about his friendship with the musician, and said that Lemmy gave him the best gift of all time: his music.
Last year, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Triple H's WWE debut , the , a collaboration between the wrestler and the band Motörhead.
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