Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
The winning days are gone
Because I know just where I'm seeing
Was giving as I know
I can't hear
'Cause underneath there's gold
I'll need to get around to find it
When I want to go
I can dream
I've been trying
All the time
I'm just seeing it right
'Cause it could be the lights that's over me
So I just want to let it be
The winning days are gone
Because I know just where I'm seeing
Was giving as I know
I can't hear
'Cause underneath there's gold
I'll need to get around to find it
When I want to go
I can dream
I've been trying
All my time
I'm just seeing it right
'Cause it could be the light that's over me
So I just want to let it be
Get up and go outside
It can help your mind too
Get up don't hide away
'Cause I know where there's gold
I didn't know when I was flying
I'm sinking like a stone
I can dream
I've been trying
Because I know just where I'm seeing
Was giving as I know
I can't hear
'Cause underneath there's gold
I'll need to get around to find it
When I want to go
I can dream
I've been trying
All the time
I'm just seeing it right
'Cause it could be the lights that's over me
So I just want to let it be
The winning days are gone
Because I know just where I'm seeing
Was giving as I know
I can't hear
'Cause underneath there's gold
I'll need to get around to find it
When I want to go
I can dream
I've been trying
All my time
I'm just seeing it right
'Cause it could be the light that's over me
So I just want to let it be
Get up and go outside
It can help your mind too
Get up don't hide away
'Cause I know where there's gold
I didn't know when I was flying
I'm sinking like a stone
I can dream
I've been trying
Lyrics submitted by Aerion, edited by boomgorilla
Winning Days Lyrics as written by Craig Robert Nicholls
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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I think this song means everythings not so great as it seems.
hmmm...probly so
This song is about pursuing something great, but you never come around to it cause you're still dreaming. You're hesitating, and whether you like it or not you're trying and pushing time. The reality is all you needed to do was get up and try for it rather than being passive and dreaming. That's why the winning days are over...the light towards the gold is fading with time.
Craig and Patrick in an interview:
Craig: “ Winning Days is Number 6 – it’s the start of the second side if you were thinking about it as an old record – and it’s about what you think about at different times, how you feel different. It wasn’t really a song when I first wrote it, more just a poem really. That was a really long time ago. It’s also one of our best songs, I think. Although the words can sound a bit kind of down, the melody is happier.” Patrick: “ When Craig originally played me the song and I had a cassette copy, I wrote down the title as ‘Wedding Days’. I thought Stone Roses at the time. The up-beat end section has incredible Beach Boys-style harmonies, very complex but rhythmically compatible with each other.”
I agree completely with artfulfoo
This song is severely underrated, it's a classic.
By the way, those lyrics are wrong. Here are the corrected ones:
The winning days are gone Because I know just where I'm seeing Was giving eyes I know I can hear
Cause underneath there's gold I'll need to get around to find it And when I want to go I can dream I've been trying All my time
I'm just seeing it rise Cause it could be the land that's over me So I just want to let it breathe
The winning days are gone Because I know just where I'm seeing Was giving eyes I know I can hear
Cause underneath there's gold I'll need to get around to find it When I wanna go I can dream I've been trying All my time
I'm just seeing it rise Cause it could be the land that's over me So I just wanna let it breathe
Get up and go outside It can help your mind too Get up, don't hide away
Cause I know where there's gold I didn't know when I was flying I'm sinking like a stone I can dream I've been trying
I love this song. It's like the Homesick of the Winning Days Album. It's about growing older and how you can't do everything you've wanted, or try the things you've wanted anymore. As you age you have to obtain more responsibility and such.
Haha, artfulfoo's explaination seems more accurate than Craig's. I love love love this song, and I think it can be about a few things if you think about it. Getting older, persuing dreams, etc. like everyone has said all seem to be a part of it.
Beatles.
by Aerion on 07-12-2005 @ 03:39:01 AM Beatles.
Nah, it's unmistakably Beach Boys inspired. The first thing I thought of when I heard this song was 'Pet Sounds.' As a matter of fact, I usually play 'You still believe in me' to chase this song - the two go together disturbingly well.
That in' line. That last 'I've been trying' the song closes with - gets me. Every ing time.
Great song.