I Give Up

**I Give Up**

*(Verse 1)*

I give up on Jesus, I give up on God

I’ve been climbing mountains made of sand and sod

I’ve been looking for answers, they’re nowhere to be found

All the voices I hear just keep running me down

I give up on this life, can’t carry the weight

Every road I take just leads to the gate

The system is laughing, it’s choking my mind

I’ve been punching the air and I’m running out of time

*(Chorus)*

I give up! I give up!

No light in the night, no stars in my sky

I give up! I give up!

All the reasons I knew just passed me by

*(Verse 2)*

I give up on who I am, who I thought I could be

Every mirror I see just betrays me

I’ve been chasing shadows, I’ve been chasing lies

I’ve been swallowing fire and spitting out cries

I give up on trying to find out why

All the questions I asked just make me sigh

The walls are closing, the sky’s turning gray

I’ve been screaming to heaven, it’s fading away

*(Chorus)*

I give up! I give up!

No light in the night, no stars in my sky

I give up! I give up!

All the reasons I knew just passed me by

*(Bridge – raw, spoken)*

I’ve been holding on, I’ve been falling apart

Every beat of my heart feels like a broken dart

The world keeps spinning, it doesn’t care

I’m bleeding inside, but nobody’s there

*(Verse 3)*

I give up on laughter, I give up on love

I’ve been crawling through the dirt, the sky above

I give up on freedom, I give up on dreams

Life isn’t as kind as it once seemed

I give up on fighting, I give up on pain

I’ve been dancing in circles in the pouring rain

I give up on hope, I give up on fear

All that I wanted has disappeared

*(Chorus – shout it out, build fury)*

I give up! I give up!

No light in the night, no stars in my sky

I give up! I give up!

All the reasons I knew just passed me by

*(Outro – quiet, bitter, drawn out)*

I give up… I give up…

I give up… on everything…

I give up…

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**I Give Up**

I give up…

I give up on Jesus

I give up on God

I give up…

I give up on this life

I give up…

I can’t carry on no more

I can’t fight the system no more

All the walls are closing in

All the doors are locked again

I give up!

I give up!

I give up on who I am!

I give up!

I give up!

I give up on trying to find out why!

I gave my heart

I gave my hope

I ran and ran, I couldn’t cope

The sky is grey

The streets are cold

Everything I touch turns old

I can’t carry on no more

I can’t fight the system no more

All the noise is in my head

All the dreams are hanging dead

I give up!

I give up!

I give up on who I am!

I give up!

I give up!

I give up on trying to find out why!

Why? Why? Why?

The world’s a cage and I’m the bird

Flying blind and never heard

I gave it all and it’s not enough

I gave it all, I give up…

I give up!

I give up!

I give up on who I am!

I give up!

I give up!

I give up on trying to find out why!

I give up…

I give up…

I give up…

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