Nothin's Gonna Change
Embracing Change: Life's Ironies and Triumphs in Labi Siffre's Nothin's Gonna Change
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Life can be funny
Life can be unpredictable or amusing
Sometimes a shame
Sometimes life is regrettable
Making the same mistakes again and again
Repeating the same errors without learning
It isn´t easy being a man
Being a man is challenging
For a woman it´s harder
For a woman, life is even more challenging
Try it in the Sudan
Comparing life challenges, suggesting Sudan as a more difficult situation
And when you´re winning and when you´ve won
Winning doesn't end problems; new challenges arise
You turn around ... your problems just begun
Success brings its own set of difficulties
And when you´re losing and when you´ve lost
Losing has its own consequences
You turn around ... it wasn´t worth the cost
Regretting the cost of failures
How did we make it...
Reflecting on the mystery of how they made it through challenges
It´s a mystery
Expressing uncertainty about improvement
We´re getting better...
Skeptical about getting better
That´s news to me
Questioning positive news about improvement
Are we defeated...
Asking whether they are defeated
Huh! Defeated like hell
Denying defeat passionately
We may be losers...
Acknowledging potential for failure but not admitting it
But we´ll never tell
Choosing not to disclose failures
Nothin´s Gonna Change
Emphasizing that nothing will change
But we don´t give in
Resisting giving in to challenges
Nothin´s Gonna Change
Remaining steadfast despite difficulties
Take it on the chin
Taking challenges with resilience
Nothin´s Gonna Change
Maintaining a positive attitude despite adversity
Keep that silly grin
Choosing to keep a cheerful demeanor
Nothin´s Gonna Change
Stating that nothing will change
The only way to win
Suggesting that the only way to succeed is to persevere
World wars are over
Noting the end of world wars
One and two
Referencing past global conflicts
Others are raging still just like brand new
Highlighting ongoing contemporary issues
The Big Band is with us
Mentioning the enduring popularity of Big Band music
It´s here to stay
Asserting the permanence of certain cultural elements
Unless the Martians come to take it away
Playfully suggesting an unlikely scenario with Martians taking away cultural elements
My TV dinner shows a starving face
Observing a disturbing image on TV during dinner
The kicked a man to death outside my place
Describing a violent incident outside the speaker's place
We strangle nature
Highlighting environmental degradation
We murder the trees
Expressing harm to nature and deforestation
Forgetting we need the trees to breathe
Reminding that trees are essential for human survival
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