Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’ is Enter Shikari’s first physical single, released in 2006, and was a mainstay of the band’s setlists as far back as 2003, alongside songs the band has largely retired from circulation such as Nodding Acquaintance and Empty:
Mixing screamed vocal with electronica influen...
[Verse]
Scratch card glory or waist-low pleasure?
Black eyes, nose bleeds, don't look back now
My white abode, do you remember my white abode?
But it's such a thrill, just to find out...
[Chorus]
Sorry, you’re not a winner
With the air so cold and a mind so bitter
What have you got to lose but false intentions
And a life so pretentious?
[Verse]
Scratch card glory or waist-low pleasure?
Black eyes, nose bleeds, don't look back now
My white abode, do you remember my white abode?
But it's such a thrill, just to find out...
[Chorus]
Sorry, you’re not a winner
With the air so cold and a mind so bitter
What have you got to lose but false intentions
And a life so pretentious?
[Bridge]
(Scratch card glory) Or waist-low pleasure?
(Black eyes, nose bleeds) Don't look back now
(My white abode) Do you remember?
I sweat, I ache
[Chorus]
Sorry, you’re not a winner
With the air so cold and a mind so bitter
What have you got to lose
But false intentions and a life so pretentious?
[Outro]
What? What? What?
Goodbye, your world is...
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Sorry, You’re Not a Winner was written by Rory Clewlow & Rob Rolfe & Chris Batten & Rou Reynolds.
Sorry, You’re Not a Winner was produced by Enter Shikari.
Enter Shikari released Sorry, You’re Not a Winner on Sun Oct 29 2006.
As much as I don’t want to say this song, it’s probably the one with the most history and humour behind it. It was one of the first songs that we ever wrote as Enter Shikari, when Rory [Liam Clewlow, guitars] joined and turned our three-piece into a four-piece in 2003. It was on an EP [Sorry, You’re...