Lyric discussion by Stealthheart 

Cover art for Always Something lyrics by Cage the Elephant

This song is obviously a pessimistic view on how life never goes the way you want it to, and no matter how hard you try to change things, no matter how good life is going at the moment, something else will always step in the way and ruin it.

This song is pretty similar to Hopeless Opus by Imagine Dragons. This song is a bit more dark, however, blaming fate for everything that goes wrong, whereas Hopeless Opus is mostly blaming themselves for ruining their own lives, though fate does take part in it. In other words, Hopeless Opus is more regretful than pessimistic.

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