I'M GONNA WIN - Rob Cantor (AUDIO ONLY)

"I'm Gonna Win" is from my new album, NOT A TRAMPOLINE, available now.

LYRICS:
My life is a constant entrapment of tunnels
Which tangle and wind and beguile
And regardless of where I may tumble or funnel
I wonder what’s really worthwhile

Sometimes it can seem like a merciless dream
And I’m falling with nothing to hold
Sometimes I get flustered and beaten and blistered
Abandoned outside in the cold

CHORUS
But I’m gonna win, I’m gonna try
I’ll never lose, I’ll never die
You’ve seen me before, you’ll see me again
I’ll never give up, I’ll never give in
Til I’m bloody and bruised
Til I’ve broken my bones
Til I won’t be abused
Til I’m laughing alone

It’s hard to be charming and smart and disarming
It’s hard to pretend you’re the best
It’s hard to fulfill everyone’s expectations
It’s hard to keep up with the rest

CHORUS

How do you feel?
You’ve been concealing your worries from the world
But you can reveal them to me
I wouldn’t know
I go on even though

I’ll be bloody and bruised
I’ll be breaking my bones
I’ll be paying my dues
I’ll be laughing alone

[cal]

this kind of feels like a villainous reprise to "all of my friends"

[Samantha_Thump]

Tally Hall version: It'll be fine, don't worry about it, you'll make it through
Rob Cantor version: *I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE*

[gidgetclaws]

Don't mind me just sitting here staring at my ceiling imagining an animation I'll never make

[kenzies]

I think the most obvious difference between Rob's version and Tally Hall's can be seen just in the title. Rob's version is in all caps, it doesn't leave room for him to fail, he IS going to win

[QhaZomb]

everybody saying this sounds like an anti-hero or villain song, but tbh it feels more like a "life sucks and i feel like the universe has it in for me, but *fuck you* universe i'm gonna keep going out of spite." song

[bah-bammmm]

sadly rob cantor will be remembered only as the "shia labeouf song" guy and not a lot of his other great works will be remembered. i love rob cantor, but i wish he got more recognition for more than just shia labeouf.

[fredjohnston]

BREAKING NEWS: Singer/Songwriter Rob Cantor is suing Singer/Songwriter Rob Cantor because of Cantor taking the melody from Cantor’s band’s song ‘All of My Friends’ in order for Cantor to create his song ‘I’m Gonna Win.’ Not only did Cantor steal this song, but Cantor also gave no credit to Cantor and his band, and then sold it as his own. Cantor is enraged by Cantor’s actions, and the Cantor/Cantor case will be beginning on the twenty-sixth of August.

[roverjab]

i feel like people miss that the previous songs' lyrics are actually more self-defeatist and sad than this song. This song is about how despite everything in life pushing you down you'll succeed, even out of spite. But in the previous songs the lyrics imply that all of their friends help them get through the hard times but they *literally don't have any friends and they're all in his head*. There isn't a support structure, and by the end of the song it's more like they're in denial. this is the more happy one than the previous, but the tone is way different which makes it seem more evil and cruel.

[VoyVivika]

It's strange how people in the comments are like "wow this is different from the tally hall version" without realizing that there is a tally hall version of nearly these exact lyrics. Rob didn't change these lyrics drastically, these are just the latest revision. I'm in love with this version's intense tone, almost makes me wish this was done with the rest of the band, but that's just a dream

[vigilabo]

Tallyhall : *oh boy I love my freinds we can do anything!*


rob : *no*

[nerco]

This is a great “anti-hero who has been tilting way too hard to their villain side after that corruption arc”

[MrLally]

Am I the only one who noticed how tragic are the differences between the lyrics of the old tally hall's version of this song, and rob's new one?

It seems like once it was about how your friends are there for you, and are helping you on hard times, and rob's one is a bitter and hateful version of the same song, about fighting alone with no one on your side.

We love you rob, whatever it is that happened to you ), :

[amelon]

0:38 I was JUST about to sing "but and then to my surprise, the lyrics are completely different! Woah!

[ShadeTheBade]

Evil Rob Cantor be like "but I'm gonna lose"

[JohnnyMarsBar]

this sorta gives me queen vibes in certain areas and muse vibes in different areas

[samuelwoody]

This is a fantastic motivation song. And it's by a criminally underrated indie artist. Wow.

[homedepotfetus]

This song gives me the urge to tilt my head slightly downward, furrow my eyebrows, put my hands behind my back, and walk down a long hallway

[darwinbwe]

Perfect song to listen to when your about to fight overwhelming forces.

[ashleyking]

My life is a constant entrapment of tunnels
Which tangle and wind and beguile
And regardless of where I may tumble or funnel
I wonder what's really worthwhile
Sometimes it can seem like a merciless dream
And I'm falling with nothing to hold
Sometimes I get flustered and beaten and blistered
Abandoned outside in the cold
But I'm gonna win, I'm gonna try
I'll never lose, I'll never die
You've seen me before, you'll see me again
I'll never give up, I'll never give in
Til I'm bloody and bruised
Til I've broken my bones
Til I won't be abused
Til I'm laughing alone
It's hard to be charming and smart and disarming
It's hard to pretend you're the best
It's hard to fulfill everyone's expectations
It's hard to keep up with the rest
How do you feel?
You've been concealing your worries from the world
But you can reveal them to me
I wouldn't know
I go on even though
I'll be bloody and bruised
I'll be breaking my bones
I'll be paying my dues
I'll be laughing alone

[tatumhunter]

I listen to this every morning before teaching middle schoolers 😂