“Winner Today” was inspired by a moment of strength and talks of my resilience to failure and pain. “The song is about the ups and downs of winning one day and maybe losing it all the next, but never to give up on your dreams and ambitions. Always getting back up after you fall over.”
Written on a stormy day in the woodlands in Berlin, this is reflected in the tracks' darker tones: “I am braving the storm and the mighty heavy weathers.” With an outpour of energy throughout the subtle sombre, electric landscape, “Winner Today” emits a metallic sheen and haunting tribal backing vocals that pack a punch. Pulling on themes of reality, the pounding drums and mighty horn melodies mark their territory.
lyrics
"WINNER TODAY"
[INTRO]
I’m a winner today, not a loser tomorrow.
But I’m never giving in, ‘cause I’ve got a tough skin.
When I fall over and crash, I will scrape off the boo boo.
Back on the treadmill, no matter how I feel.
[CHORUS]
I’m winning all today, could loose it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving in, even if I’m low.
I’m loosing all today, could win it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving up, together we can grow.
[VERSE 1]
I’m a light heavy weight in a world of feathers,
braving the storm and the mighty heavy weathers.
No time for kidding or beat around the bush,
The clock is ticking, I only need a small push.
It’s killing me softly the kind of society,
scotched to their phones, seeking comfort on the web.
A new like, a new tone, a new way of life
Hot-Hot, Japanese clash coming to town.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,
Mary Poppins flying high was very ambitious.
Open the doors to a new dimension, got a brand new vision of my imagination.
Clash of the clash, paper scissor stone,
hire a wife, a mother, a new like tone,
A new clash, a new tone, a new paper scissor stone
super khalifa capitalistic kind of zone.
…khali, khali.
[CHORUS]
I’m winning all today, could loose it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving in, even if I’m low.
I’m loosing all today, could win it all tomorrow,
I’m never giving up, together we can grow.
[VERSE 2]
Sometimes I feel like like I’m putting up a face
I’m searching for something new, up in the space.
Something wicked, state-of-the-art but sacred.
Colours morphing familiar shapes that faded.
My hands kept shaking uncontrollably,
I left you there with all but my history.
What you make of it is all but yours,
I can’t change my past but can end this curse.
[OUTRO]
I’m a winner today, maybe loser tomorrow.
But I’m never giving in, ‘cause I’ve got a tough skin.
When I fall over and crash, I will scrape off the boo boo.
Back on the treadmill, no matter how I feel.
No matter how I feel.
credits
released May 21, 2021
Music &Lyrics by Can Guru? (a.k.a Colin Crichton)
Music Produced by Colin Crichton
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