Everything Happens to Me
Fate's Fury: A Melancholic Journey Through Life's Unfortunate Turns
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Experiencing bad luck symbolized by black cats crossing the path.
Until I'm almost mad
Feeling on the verge of madness due to persistent misfortune.
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suspecting that one has angered or incurred the devil's displeasure.
Cause all my luck is bad
Attributing all misfortune to bad luck or negative forces.
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Encountering obstacles, such as rain, when attempting enjoyable activities like golf.
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Facing challenges and complaints when trying to celebrate or socialize.
I guess I'll go through life
Expressing resignation and acceptance of a life filled with difficulties.
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Summarizing life as a series of catching colds and missing trains, metaphorically representing setbacks.
Everything happens to me
Introducing the recurring theme that everything negative happens to the speaker.
I never miss a thing
Claiming to never miss any misfortune or hardship.
I've had the measles and the mumps
Listing various ailments (measles and mumps) as part of the speaker's unfortunate experiences.
And every time I play an ace
Revealing a pattern where the speaker's success is always overshadowed by a partner's superior move.
My partner always trumps
Indicating a repeated pattern of being outdone despite initial success.
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Admitting to impulsiveness and lack of foresight in decision-making.
Everything happens to me
Reiterating the theme that everything negative happens to the speaker.
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Initially hopeful that love could break the pattern of misfortune.
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Believing that love could bring an end to despair and bad luck.
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realizing that love alone cannot overcome the speaker's ingrained pessimism.
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Acknowledging the sacrifice of dreams and ambitions for the sake of love.
I've telegraphed and phoned
Using telegraph and phone metaphors to describe efforts to communicate and connect.
I send an "Airmail Special" too
Expressing efforts to reach out, even sending an "Airmail Special," to no avail.
Your answer was "Goodbye"
Receiving a cold and final farewell response from the recipient.
And there was even postage due
Noticing the additional cost, both emotionally and practically, of the failed communication.
I fell in love just once
Recalling a past experience of falling in love, emphasizing its rarity.
And then it had to be with you
Connecting the rare experience of love to the person being addressed.
Everything happens to me
Reiterating the overarching theme that everything, including love, happens negatively to the speaker.
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