All My Life
Lyrics:
[English]
I've been high and low
I've been sober
I've been faded
Searching for my love in
All the wrong places
Word up on the streets is
I got a bad reputation
Yeah, I may have drew blood
But that was true love
I get a stroke of bad luck
Everywhere I look
Every time I go right
Everything goes wrong
And I self-destruct
When I’m close to love
So someone save my soul
Because
All my life
I've f***ed up
And I can’t deny
I’m doing my best to
Get it together
Woohoo
If I told you once
I’ve told you a million times
I just can't live
Like this forever
Woohoo
Yeah I’ve been up and down
I’ve been through hell and back
I’ve had my share of drama
Baby, please cut me some slack
I know you want to get
Through to me
But I am my worst enemy
Yeah, I may have drew blood
But that was true love
I get a stroke of bad luck
Everywhere I look
Every time I go right
Everything goes wrong
And I self-destruct
When I’m close to love
Better buckle down
Giddy up
Here we go
Because
All my life
I’ve f***ed up
And I can’t deny
I’m doing my best
To get it together
Woohoo
If I told you once
I’ve told you a million times
I just can't live
Like this forever
Woohoo
Forever
Woohoo
Go!
Giddy up!
Yee-Haw!
All my life
I’ve f***ed up
And I can't deny
I'm doing my best to
Get it together
If I told you once
I’ve told you a million times
I just can't live
Like this forever
I can't live like this forever
All my life
I’ve f***ed up
And I can’t deny
I’m doing my best to
Get it together
I just can't live like this
If I told you once
I’ve told you a million times
I just can't live
Like this forever
Woohoo
Vocabulary in this song:
Vocabulary | Meanings |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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wrong /rɒŋ/ A1 |
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blood /blʌd/ A2 |
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soul /soʊl/ B1 |
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reputation /ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ B2 |
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enemy /ˈɛnɪmi/ B1 |
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drama /ˈdrɑːmə/ B1 |
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sober /ˈsoʊbər/ B2 |
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faded /ˈfeɪdɪd/ B2 |
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luck /lʌk/ A2 |
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hell /hɛl/ A2 |
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deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B2 |
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best /bɛst/ A1 |
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forever /fərˈɛvər/ A2 |
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Grammar:
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I've been high and low
➔ Present Perfect Tense (experience/state)
➔ Uses "I've been" (I have been) to describe a past experience that has relevance to the present. It emphasizes the speaker's experience of both high and low periods.
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Searching for my love in all the wrong places
➔ Present Participle as Adjective
➔ "Searching" functions as an adjective modifying the subject (I - implied). It describes the ongoing action of looking for love.
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Word up on the streets is I got a bad reputation
➔ Informal Grammar/ Colloquialism
➔ This sentence uses informal language and grammar. The expected structure is: "The word on the streets is that I have a bad reputation." The speaker omits "that" and uses a more casual phrasing.
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I may have drew blood, but that was true love
➔ Modal Verb + Perfect Infinitive (may have done)
➔ "May have drew" (should be 'drawn') is used to express a possibility or uncertainty about a past action. However, "drew" is grammatically incorrect; it should be "drawn".
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Every time I go right, everything goes wrong
➔ Subordinating conjunction "every time" (adverbial clause of time)
➔ "Every time" introduces a clause that modifies the main clause, indicating when the main clause event occurs. It highlights the repeated nature of the sequence.
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And I self-destruct when I’m close to love
➔ Zero Conditional (general truth/habit)
➔ This sentence expresses a general truth or a habitual action. The structure is "if/when + present simple, present simple." It describes a predictable consequence.
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If I told you once I’ve told you a million times
➔ Mixed Conditional / Hyperbole
➔ While seemingly a conditional sentence, it's more accurately a statement of emphasis using hyperbole. "A million times" isn't literal; it's used to exaggerate the number of times the speaker has said something. Grammatically, it vaguely resembles a third conditional but lacks the consequence.
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I just can't live like this forever
➔ Modal Verb of Inability (can't)
➔ "Can't" expresses the speaker's inability or unwillingness to continue living in the current situation. It shows a strong desire for change.