[Verse 1]
Wake up
Same cracked ceiling
Same bad joke
On repeat
Phone light
Burns my eyelids
Scroll my friends
Like old receipts
Mom calls
Says she’s worried
I say
"fine"
Then grind my teeth
Life’s a joker
Stacked deck
Cold shoulder
Pull my card
It laughs at me
[Chorus]
Life’s a joker
Card up its sleeve
Every time I think I’m winning
It’s already leaving me
Life’s a joker
Laugh in my face
But I keep betting on the feeling
That I might still change my fate
(yeah, yeah)
I might still change my fate
[Verse 2]
Lost touch
With that mirror
Who’s that kid
Behind my eyes
Black hoodie
Same old story
Hope on layaway
Dreams on ice
Friends fade
Like a bad tattoo
All these names
I overwrite
Life’s a joker
Crooked dealer
Says "all in"
Then cuts the lights
[Chorus]
Life’s a joker
Card up its sleeve
Every time I think I’m winning
It’s already leaving me
Life’s a joker
Laugh in my face
But I keep betting on the feeling
That I might still change my fate
(change my fate)
(oh-oh)
[Verse 3 – Russian Female]
Я смотрю
В эти трещины стен
Твой немой
Черно-белый плен
Ты играешь
В их правила
Да
Но козырь
Спрятан в руках
Каждый шрам
Это штрих по душе
Ты живой
Ты еще на шоссе
Жизнь смеётся
Но слышишь
Брат
Ей так страшно
Когда мы встаём назад
[Chorus – Both]
Life’s a joker
Card up its sleeve
(карта в руке)
Every time I think I’m winning
It’s already leaving me
Life’s a joker
Laugh in my face
(смейся сильней)
But I keep betting on the feeling
That I might still change my fate
[Bridge – Switch / Call & Response]
[Male] If it’s all one big prank
[Female] Так сыграй до конца
[Male] If my heart’s just a bank
[Female] Забери у страха ключи
Не сломаться
[Male] If I’m one bad hand
[Female] Ты ведь больше
Чем риск
[Male] Will you still hold my shake
[Female] Я в твоих же глазах вижу выход из низких низ
[Chorus – Final
Both]
Life’s a joker
Card up its sleeve
But tonight I’m done with running
Let it take its swing at me
Life’s a joker
Laugh in my face
I keep betting on this moment
Where I finally call its bluff and stay
(yeah, I stay)
(я с тобой)
Life’s a joker
But I still play