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PUP
The Dream Is Over
Can't Win

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Can't Win

Release date: 26th May 2016

From The Dream Is OverTrack 83:07

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"Can't Win" is a track by PUP, from the album The Dream Is Over, released 26th May 2016. The track is 3:07 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 14 articles about PUP.

About the Artist

PUP

PUP

Lyrics

Can't Win

I've been blessed with shit luck
There are some things that'll never change
I've been strung out and fed up with the strain
I get a little more nervous everyday
I just wanna be something
Never thought I'd be nothing at all
And it feels like I can't win
I'm growing up and I'm giving in
And it's starting to hurt
And it feels like I can't win
I couldn't wait to be alone again
And I'm getting worse
Say I never try, but you know I do
I couldn't live with my 9 to 5
And I'll regret what I did to you my whole life
No matter what I do
I can never get anything right
I just wanna be something
Never thought I'd be nothing at all
And it feels like I can't win
I'm growing up and I'm giving in
And it's starting to hurt
And it feels like I can't win
I couldn't wait to be alone again
And I'm getting worse
I might die of this boredom
If you don't kill me first
Chalk it up to apathy
I had every chance
I had every opportunity
That I could want
And I ruined them all
I had every chance
Never thought I'd be
Nothing at all
And it feels like I can't win
I'm growing up and I'm giving in
And it's starting to hurt
And it feels like I can't win
I couldn't wait to be alone again
And I'm getting worse
I might die of this boredom
If you don't kill me first

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From The Dream Is Over

3:072016

Listen

Album

The Dream Is Over

Track number

8

Release year

2016

1If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will
2:19
2DVP
2:29
3Doubts
3:00
4Sleep In The Heat
3:22

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PUP — No Hope (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [1:59]
PUP — Hallways (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [3:38]
PUP — Olive Garden (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [1:52]
PUP — Falling Outta Love (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [2:17]
PUP — Concrete (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [3:03]
PUP — Hunger For Death (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [3:10]
PUP — Shut Up (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [4:00]
PUP — Cruel (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [2:39]
PUP — Get Dumber (feat. Jeff Rosenstock) (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [2:37]
PUP — Paranoid (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [3:26]
PUP — Needed To Hear It (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [3:50]
PUP — Best Revenge (from Who Will Look After The Dogs?) [3:19]
PUP — Wreck My Life
PUP — Get Dumber
PUP — How to Live With Yourself / Smoke Screen / Kill Something
PUP — PUPTHEBAND Inc. Is Filing For Bankruptcy (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [3:05]
PUP — Habits (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [3:59]
PUP — Relentless (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [4:34]
PUP — Matilda (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [3:52]
PUP — Four Chords Pt. II: Five Chords (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [0:28]
PUP — Cutting Off the Corners (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [4:08]
PUP — Four Chords Pt. III: Diminishing Returns (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [0:09]
PUP — Totally Fine (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [3:44]
PUP — Grim Reaping (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [2:58]
PUP — Waiting (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [3:11]
PUP — Robot Writes a Love Song (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [3:36]
PUP — Four Chords (from The Unraveling of Puptheband) [2:07]
PUP — Waiting / Kill Something
PUP — It’s Christmas and I Fucking Miss You
PUP — Rot (from This Place Sucks Ass - EP) [3:22]
PUP — Floodgates (from This Place Sucks Ass - EP) [3:03]
PUP — Anaphylaxis (from This Place Sucks Ass - EP) [3:17]
PUP — A.M. 180 (from This Place Sucks Ass - EP) [3:04]
PUP — Edmonton (from This Place Sucks Ass - EP) [1:10]
PUP — Nothing Changes (from This Place Sucks Ass - EP) [3:26]
PUP — Closure (from Morbid Stuff) [3:08]
PUP — Morbid Stuff (from Morbid Stuff) [2:45]
PUP — Full Blown Meltdown (from Morbid Stuff) [2:33]
PUP — Bloody Mary, Kate and Ashley (from Morbid Stuff) [2:44]
PUP — Free at Last (from Morbid Stuff) [2:35]
PUP — Kids (from Morbid Stuff) [3:30]
PUP — Scorpion Hill (from Morbid Stuff) [5:08]
PUP — See You at Your Funeral (from Morbid Stuff) [3:40]
PUP — Bare Hands (from Morbid Stuff) [3:35]
PUP — City (from Morbid Stuff) [3:52]
PUP — Sibling Rivalry (from Morbid Stuff) [3:28]
PUP — Sibling Rivalry / Scorpion Hill
PUP — Free at Last Covers
PUP — You Don't Get Me High Anymore
PUP — My Life Is Over and I Couldn't Be Happier (from The Dream Is Over) [2:26]
PUP — Doubts (from The Dream Is Over) [3:00]
PUP — Pine Point (from The Dream Is Over) [4:01]
PUP — Sleep In The Heat (from The Dream Is Over) [3:22]
PUP — The Coast (from The Dream Is Over) [3:53]
PUP — DVP (from The Dream Is Over) [2:29]
PUP — If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will (from The Dream Is Over) [2:19]
PUP — Old Wounds (from The Dream Is Over) [2:20]
PUP — Familiar Patterns (from The Dream Is Over) [3:40]
PUP — Reservoir / My Shadow 7″
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