This Life

Written by Ezra Koenig, Makonnen Sheran & Mark Ronson / Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid & Ezra Koenig / Additional Production by Dave Macklovitch / Engineered by Ariel Rechtshaid, Chris Kasych, John DeBold, P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel), Hiroyo Takayama & Takemasa Kosaka / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios (North Hollywood CA) / Mix Enginner Chris Galland assisted by Robin Florent & Scott Desmarais

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  • This Life
  • This Life (Live in Indiana)
  • This Life (w/ Haim)
  • Lyrics

    Baby, I know pain

    is as natural as the rain

    I just thought it didn’t rain

    in california

    Baby, I know love

    isn’t what I thought it was

    Cuz I never known a love

    like this before you

    Baby, I know dreams

    tend to crumble at extremes

    I just thought our dream would last a

    little bit longer

    There’s a time when every man

    draws a line down in the sand

    We’re surviving. We’re still living.

    Are we stronger?

    You’ve been cheating on, cheating on me

    I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you

    You’ve been cheating on me

    But I've been cheating through

    This life

    And all its suffering

    Oh Christ

    Am I good for nothing?

    Baby, I know hate

    is always waiting at the gate

    I just thought we’d locked the gate when we

    left in the morning

    And I was told that war is

    how we landed on these shores

    I just thought the drums of war beat

    louder warnings

    Baby, I know death

    prolly hasn’t happened yet

    cuz I don’t remember living life before

    this

    And darling, our disease

    is the same one as the trees

    Unaware that they’ve been living in a

    forest

    56 live recordings

    Jul

    29

    2022

    Fuji Rock

    Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan

    Oct

    30

    2021

    Outside Lands Festival

    San Francisco, California, USA

    Mar

    7

    2020

    Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival

    Okeechobee, Florida, USA

    Feb

    1

    2020

    Bernie Caucus Concert

    Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

    Jan

    9

    2020

    Enmore Theatre

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Nov

    25

    2019

    La Riviera

    Madrid, Spain

    Nov

    24

    2019

    Razzmatazz

    Barcelona, Spain

    Nov

    19

    2019

    AFAS Live

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Nov

    18

    2019

    Ancienne Belgique

    Brussels, Belgium

    Nov

    16

    2019

    Le Zénith

    Paris, France

    Nov

    13

    2019

    Alexandra Palace

    London, England, UK

    Oct

    21

    2019

    Teatro Metropolitan

    Mexico City, Mexico

    Oct

    19

    2019

    Live Out Festival

    Monterrey, Mexico

    Oct

    18

    2019

    Festival Coordenada

    Guadalajara, Mexico

    Oct

    9

    2019

    Red Rocks Amphitheatre

    Morrison, Colorado, USA

    Oct

    8

    2019

    Red Rocks Amphitheatre

    Morrison, Colorado, USA

    Oct

    6

    2019

    The Complex

    Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Oct

    4

    2019

    Grammy Museum

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    Oct

    3

    2019

    CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU

    San Diego, California, USA

    Oct

    1

    2019

    Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

    San Francisco, California, USA

    Sep

    22

    2019

    Downtown Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

    Sep

    15

    2019

    Music Midtown

    Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Sep

    6

    2019

    Madison Square Garden

    New York, New York, USA

    Sep

    4

    2019

    Mann Center for the Performing Arts

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Sep

    3

    2019

    Agganis Arena

    Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Aug

    29

    2019

    Merriweather Post Pavilion

    Columbia, Maryland, USA

    Aug

    24

    2019

    James L. Knight Center

    Miami, Florida, USA

    Aug

    22

    2019

    Austin City Limits

    Austin, Texas, USA

    Aug

    17

    2019

    White Oak Music Hall

    Houston, Texas, USA

    Jul

    12

    2019

    NOS Alive Festival

    Lisbon, Portugal

    Jul

    6

    2019

    Down the Rabbit Hole Festival

    Ewijk, Netherlands

    Jul

    5

    2019

    Roskilde Festival

    Roskilde, Denmark

    Jul

    3

    2019

    Open’er Festival

    Gdynia, Poland

    Jun

    30

    2019

    Glastonbury Festival

    Glastonbury, England, UK

    Jun

    23

    2019

    Firefly Festival

    Dover, Delaware, USA

    Jun

    22

    2019

    Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre

    Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Jun

    21

    2019

    Red Hat Amphitheater

    Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

    Jun

    16

    2019

    Huntingon Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Jun

    9

    2019

    The Armory

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Jun

    8

    2019

    BMO Harris Pavilion

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Jun

    7

    2019

    Lawn at White River State Park

    Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    May

    10

    2019

    KCRW

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    May

    8

    2019

    Electric Lady Studios

    New York, New York, USA

    May

    26

    2019

    Absolute Radio

    London, England, UK

    May

    25

    2019

    BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend

    London, England, UK

    May

    23

    2019

    BBC 2 with Jo Wiley

    London, England, UK

    May

    20

    2019

    Quotidien

    Paris, France

    May

    9

    2019

    iHeartRadio Theater

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    May

    7

    2019

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    New York, New York, USA

    May

    6

    2019

    Radio.com Album Release Party

    New York, New York, USA

    May

    5

    2019

    Webster Hall

    New York, New York, USA

    May

    2

    2019

    Ulster Performing Arts Center

    Kingston, New York, USA

    Apr

    30

    2019

    Asbury Hall

    Buffalo, New York, USA

    Apr

    22

    2019

    Earth Day T-Shirt GIveaway & Acoustic Performance

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    Apr

    4

    2019

    @seinfeld2000 Presents T-Shirt Giveaway & Acoustic Performance

    Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Oct

    2

    2019

    Hollywood Bowl

    Los Angeles, California, USA