"Fought & Lost" lyrics

"Fought & Lost"
(feat. Brian May)

Congratulations on your jubilation
Our hearts are breaking underneath all the applause
This devastation is of our own making
But we've never tasted this much bitterness before

And everybody falls
But some of us are born to fight, and fight, and fight some more

So, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you'll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

Go take a bow
Your audience is waiting
We'll take the shadows since the limelight isn't ours
We wanted it so bad
Gave it all we had
Oh, but wanting, it doesn't always make it yours

This time was ours to lose
But fortune favours those who ride the storm and make it through

So, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you can take this battle 'cause we're gonna win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all

So, here on the same ground
When the tables have turned around
Oh, and your tears fall as your world is crashing down
I hope, when you see me
You remember that feeling
Oh, 'cause we've both seen the world from both sides now

And everybody falls
And life will tear you down to show you what's worth fighting for

Oh, we will see you here
Same time, same place, next year
And you may win this battle but you'll never win the war
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all
Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all


"Fought & Lost" was released by Parlophone Records on the 24th of May, 2023. The song was premiered in the 11th episode of the 3rd season of Apple TV+ television series "Ted Lasso". "This is a song for the hope seekers & the faith keepers. The ones who foster the dream and keep its fire burning regardless of the knock backs, the almosts, the falls & the failures," Ryder shared. "This is a song for the down but never out's, not to be sung cold eyed, muttered and muted, but to be belted towards the heavens as if wrenched from the spirit itself ...for defeat looms in that glimmer of a moment right before life's magic is spun."
Sam Ryder previously performed with another of Queen members when Roger Taylor joined him on drums during Eurovision 2023 final for a rendition of Ryder's song "Mountain".
Brian May wrote about this collaboration in an Instagram post on the 25th of May, 2023, "Some of you know what this is .... But I'd like the rest of you folks to wonder, just for half a minute, who you're listening to, on this glistening new track ... and what it might be telling us. And tell me your thoughts ... !!! Ok ? See you later ... Bri"
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