[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
              
I don't wanna 

 
talk
              
About things w

             
e've gone thro

ugh
              
Though it's hu

            
rting me, now 

        
it's history
              
I've played al

      
l my cards
              
And that's wha

           
t you've done,

 too
              
Nothing more t

            
o say, no more

         
 ace to play


[Chorus]
              
The winner tak

       
es it all
              
The loser's st

       
anding small
             
Beside the vic

/
tory
              
That's her des


tiny


[Verse 2]
              
I was in your 

 
arms
              
Thinking I bel

        
onged there
              
I figured it m

            
ade sense, bui

             
lding me a fen

ce
              
Building me a 

 
home
              
Thinking I'd b

           
e strong there
              
But I was a fo

            
ol playing by 

      
the rules


[Chorus]
              
The gods may t

         
hrow a dice
            
Their minds as

          
 cold as ice
              
And someone wa

        
y down here
              
Loses someone 


dear
              
The winner tak

       
es it all (Tak

es it all)
            
The loser has 

    
to fall (Has t

o fall)
             
It's simple an

        
d it's plain (

It seems plain

)
              
Why should I c

   
omplain? (Why 

complain)


[Verse 3]
              
But tell me, d

          
oes she kiss
              
Like I used to

   
 kiss you?
              
Does it feel t

     
he same when s

he calls your
 
name?
              
Somewhere deep

   
 inside
              
You must know 

   
I miss you
              
But what can I

             
 say? Rules mu

         
st be obeyed


[Chorus]
              
The judges wil

      
l decide (They

 decide)
              
The likes of m

   
e abide (We ab

ide)
              
Spectators of 

        
the show (Of t

he show)
              
Always staying

  
 low (Staying 

low)
              
The game is on

    
 again (On aga

in)
              
A lover or a f

  
riend (Or a fr

iend)
              
A big thing or

     
 a small (Big 

or small)
              
The winner tak

      
es it all (Tak

es it all)


[Verse 4]
              
I don't wanna 

  
talk
              
If it makes yo

        
u feel sad
           
And I understa

nd, you've com

e to shake my

hand
      
I apologise
              
If it makes yo

        
u feel bad
              
Seeing me so t

             
ense, no self-

    
confidence


[Bridge]
              
But you see, t

              
he winner take

        
s it all
              
The winner tak

         
es it all


[Outro]
     
(So the winner

)
     
(Takes it all)
     
(And the loser

)
     
(Has to fall)
     
(Throw a dice)
     
(Cold as ice)
     
(Way down here

)
     
(Someone dear)
     
(Takes it all)
     
(Has to fall)
     
(It seems plai

n)
     
(Why complain)