More songs by Bailey Zimmerman
Description
It's like driving on a motorway where the road markings have long since worn away, and the satnav confidently lies that ‘everything is going according to plan’. The petrol gauge is at zero, the headlights are flashing, but you keep pressing the accelerator anyway - habit is stronger than common sense. The couple has long since learned the choreography of their quarrels: he shuts down, she cuts him off with her words, then they both pretend that ‘everything is okay.’ This mantra sounds louder than the engine - ‘everything is fine, everything is normal’ - even when you're already flying downhill without braking. It's ironic, like in films where the characters smile against the backdrop of a fire. Only here, instead of special effects, there are the ruins of love and a quiet stubbornness to keep going until the wheels finally fall off.
Lyrics and translation
Original
I'm good at leavin' with a feelin' unsaid
You're good at sayin' what you're gonna regret
I'm gettin' good at takin', you're gettin' good at aimin'
I'm good at shuttin' down and numbin' the pain
You're good at usin' your tongue like a blade
And every time it's the same line, the same lie
That it's all good, it's all good when it ain't
It's alright, it's alright, it's all fake
This ain't just another bump in the road
No, we're drivin' down the wrong lane
It's all down, it's all goin' downhill
It's all up, it's all up in smoke 'til
We let go and we don't run back
But other than that, it's all good
The train's rollin', but it ain't on track
Tank's empty, but our foot's on the gas
Gettin' us to nowhere if we ain't already there
Girl, we're just like two broke records
Put 'em down and now we're spinnin' forever
New day but the same ol' song
So why the hell we keep singin' along?
Like it's all good, it's all good when it ain't
It's alright, it's alright, it's all fake
This ain't just another bump in the road
No, we're drivin' down the wrong lane
It's all down, it's all goin' downhill
It's all up, it's all up in smoke 'til
We let go and we don't run back
But other than that, it's all good
Yeah, it's all good
New night but the same line, the same line
A new day but the same line, the same lie
It's all good, it's all good when it ain't
It's alright, it's alright, it's all fake
This ain't just another bump in the road
No, we're drivin' down the wrong lane
It's all down, it's all goin' downhill
It's all up, it's all up in smoke 'til
We let go and we don't run back
But other than that, it's all good
Yeah, it's all good
English translation
I'm good at leavin' with a feelin' unsaid
You're good at sayin' what you're gonna regret
I'm gettin' good at takin', you're gettin' good at aimin'
I'm good at shuttin' down and numbin' the pain
You're good at usin' your tongue like a blade
And every time it's the same line, the same lie
That it's all good, it's all good when it ain't
It's alright, it's alright, it's all fake
This ain't just another bump in the road
No, we're drivin' down the wrong lane
It's all down, it's all goin' downhill
It's all up, it's all up in smoke 'til
We let go and we don't run back
But other than that, it's all good
The train's rollin', but it ain't on track
Tank's empty, but our foot's on the gas
Gettin' us to nowhere if we ain't already there
Girl, we're just like two broke records
Put 'em down and now we're spinnin' forever
New day but the same ol' song
So why the hell we keep singin' along?
Like it's all good, it's all good when it ain't
It's alright, it's alright, it's all fake
This ain't just another bump in the road
No, we're drivin' down the wrong lane
It's all down, it's all goin' downhill
It's all up, it's all up in smoke 'til
We let go and we don't run back
But other than that, it's all good
Yeah, it's all good
New night but the same line, the same line
A new day but the same line, the same lie
It's all good, it's all good when it ain't
It's alright, it's alright, it's all fake
This ain't just another bump in the road
No, we're drivin' down the wrong lane
It's all down, it's all goin' downhill
It's all up, it's all up in smoke 'til
We let go and we don't run back
But other than that, it's all good
Yeah, it's all good