"Winner" lyrics
"Winner"
Packed my bags at fourteen
I hadn't planned on leaving
But you haven't been back home for days
The pots and pans and roaches
They're glad I'm finally goin'
'Cause, even them, they shudder at your name
You don't really want to hear the truth, do you?
It's obvious to anyone who ever knew you
That all you ever want is to be right
Even if that means you gotta lie to do it
The only thing you've proven
Is that there's no one
Who ever has done better
At making me feel worse
Now you really are the winner
Yeah, there's nothing
That ever did quite kill me
More than what you did
Now you really are the winner
Take a bow 'cause you're the winner
You're the winner
Bask inside your victory
My heart that once was beating
Bleeding in the palm of your hand
Yeah, you have the nerve to miss me
How do I somehow feel guilty
When you're the one who let it get this bad?
You don't really want to hear the truth, do you?
It's obvious to anyone who ever knew you
That all you ever wanted was to fight
I was only tryin' to survive your chaos
Well, look at how it's paid off
'Cause now there's no one
Who ever has done better
At making me feel worse
Now you really are the winner (Winner)
Yeah, there's nothing
That ever did quite kill me
More than what you did
Now you really are the winner (Winner)
Take a bow 'cause you're the winner
La-la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la
You're the winner
La-la-la, la-la-la
You're the winner
La-la-la, la-la-la
'Cause you don't really want to hear the truth, do you?
Writer(s): Greg Kurstin, Conan Gray
"Winner" is the second single from Conan Gray's third studio album. The song was premiered on August 25, 2023. Gray debuted the song live at Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco earlier that month.
Some clips of the song were shared by Conan Gray on TikTok. "Although I think it's sweet you're trying to defend me, I'm here to say on record that I couldn't care less... I don't care if my song means something different to me than when I wrote it," he said on the platform.
Conan Gray explained to CoupDeMainMagazine.com, "I wrote this song at 2 AM. Everything at the piano just spilled out all at once. It was a moment where I finally felt like, 'Fine. Great job. You did it. You hurt me more than anybody ever could hurt me'. And it oddly felt nice. I see now that there is a certain freedom that comes from recognizing that you've been hurt. In no longer running, and just facing the fact that 'You win. You hurt me'. I hope this song helps people find a little piece of that freedom."
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album:
"Found Heaven" (2024)
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