I Can't Win Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jota2311 

Cover art for I Can't Win lyrics by Strokes, The

first of all, i love this song and it's very emotional and touching to me, so this definition is gonna be probably very personal and maybe you guys won't think of it the way i do. it's actually quite easy to understand.

the song is about being stuck in on some kind of "painkiller" routine. it's gonna end somehow and, sooner or later, you'll feel the pain all over again. the song talks about a "lost" lifestyle, maybe some parties and drugs and drinks to forget about your problems but they're always gonna be there when the night ends, doesn't matter what you do: you can't win.

julian means that, he tried so hard to do something right, to be someone good and ended up in nothing. so, he chooses to party and forget his problems and the fact that, when the "painkiller" efect ends, he won't be winning. we'll be just as miserable as he was before and he alredy fucked-up a lot to try again. and he knows it's not gonna work, though.

this song is actually quite simmilar to "trying your luck" because both of them explain how julian feels wrong and fucked-up and he can't do anything to fix it. he feels like a LOSER.

YEAH! I think Jules family is quite dysfunctional and a lot of this lyrics talks about the confusion that comes with it.