Lyrics
Verse 1
Battles on battles
Storms on storms
Can a heart this broken
Break anymore?
Bet the enemy's smiling
Thinking I'm done
But he's losing a war
Heaven's already won
Pre-Chorus
Yeah, the devil did his best, but it wasn't enough
Devil did his best, but it wasn't enough
Might be knocked down, but I'm not giving up
The devil did his best, but it wasn't enough
Chorus
My victory's coming
My victory's coming
Tell hell to start running
My victory's coming
His Word, I believe it
My God's undefeated
Tell hell to start running
My victory's coming
Verse 2
I'm singing through struggle
I'm praising through pain
He's always come through, yeah
And He'll do it again, do it again, yeah
Pre-Chorus
Yeah, the devil did his best, but it wasn't enough (Wasn't enough)
Devil did his best, but it wasn't enough (No, no, no)
Might be knocked down, but I'm not giving up (Not giving up)
The devil did his best, but it wasn't enough
Chorus
My victory's coming
My victory's coming
Tell hell to start running
My victory's coming
His Word, I believe it
My God's undefeated
Tell hell to start running
My victory's coming
Bridge
Hard-pressed, but not crushed
Persecuted, not abandoned
Struck down, but not destroyed
My hope is in the Lord, my hope is in the Lord
(Oh) Hard-pressed, but not crushed
Persecuted, not abandoned (Oh, I'm never abandoned)
Struck down, but not destroyed
'Cause my hope is in the Lord, my hope is in the Lord
Pre-Chorus
Devil did his best, but it wasn't enough
Devil did his best, but it's never enough
Chorus
My victory's coming
My victory's coming
Tell hell to start running
My victory's coming
His Word, I believe it
My God's undefeated
Tell hell to start running
My victory's coming
Outro
Yeah, the devil did his best, but it wasn't enough, yeah
The devil did his best, but it wasn't enough
I might be knocked down, but I'm not giving up
The devil did his best, but it's never enough
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"My Victory's Coming" by Cain is a declaration of confidence for people in a long fight. The first verse piles up pressure with "Battles on battles" and "Storms on storms", and asks whether a heart this broken can break more. The answer is that the enemy is "losing a war" that heaven has already won.
The pre-chorus repeats that the devil "did his best, but it wasn't enough", even when the singer is knocked down but still not giving up. The chorus makes it a shout, "My God's undefeated", and tells hell to start running because the victory is on the way, grounded in "His Word, I believe it".
The bridge borrows Paul's words almost line by line: hard-pressed but not crushed, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. Verse two shows the response, singing through struggle and praising through pain. The page lays out each section so the repeated chorus and ad-libs can be followed on first listen.
Related Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Hard pressed but not crushed, struck down but not destroyed, the source of the bridge.
- 1 Corinthians 15:57 Thanks be to God, who gives the victory through the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 8:37 More than conquerors through Him who loved the believer.
- 1 John 5:4 Whatever is born of God overcomes the world.