More songs by The Black Keys
Description
Always stumbling between light and darkness is almost like a hobby. Sometimes with your head in the blue sky, sometimes straight into the blackness, without stopping or safety nets. And even if those around you whisper about a “losing hand,” here it sounds more like a challenge than a sentence.
The song is full of stubbornness and a little self-irony: yes, the mistakes are the same, but so is the harsh honesty. Every new turn can bring a broken heart, but also a chance - which means the game continues.
Thus, those who are used to going to the bank, even if the odds have long been against them.
Lyrics and translation
Original
All my life
I’ve been stumbling out of the blue
And straight into the black
All my life
If I said goodbye
You know that I would never look back
And that’s a matter of fact
Foolish ways
Always the same
There ain’t no shame in the game
That you choose
All my days
We let everyone know we had nothing to lose
We had something to prove
Oh
Everybody’s wondering what’s wrong with me
Can’t get along with me
Oh
They been saying I’m just playing with a losing hand
Been doing the best I can
All my life
All my life
Turn the page
You don’t ever want to dwell on darker days
You gotta make the change
New heartbreak
Could be waiting ’round that corner everyday
But that’s the chance we take
All my life
You could say sometimes
I might have been out of my mind
But I was never unkind
Sacrifice
Gave everything I had
I laid it all on the line
Time after time
Oh
Everybody’s wondering what’s wrong with me
Can’t get along with me
Oh
They been saying I’m just playing with a losing hand
Been doing the best I can
All my life
All my life
All my life
All my life
All my life
All my life