This land was once proud, and I was once strong

We felt like we were wanted but I was wrong

We would fight but we did not win

I succumbed to our original sin.   

            

I Gave Up, I have no friends

I Gave Up, I have been beaten

I Gave Up, no way to make it good

 

The evidence was all around me

And I was consumed by the debris

It all happened oh much, much, too fast

Thought it was strange, if you had to ask

 

Drove to the place that was once my home

It’s now gone by the flood tides

The Changes we were warned about has now scorched the Earth

No trees, no birds, a deserted hell hole 

 

I Gave Up, we don’t have us

I Gave Up, we don’t have anything

I Gave Up, ‘cos there is no place we belong

  

You tell me to rest my weary head (rest your weary head)

And that I worry too much (you worry too much)

You Still believe it’s going to be all right (it’ll be all right)

But it’s beyond gone now, nothing to fall back on

 

I Give Up, Sorry but I Give Up

Walking out of here, done with this blowup

All that has come, has gone out the door                                             

The river is not flowing, the river is never more

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I Gave Up, I have no friends (you have friends)

I Gave Up, I have been beaten (you can heal)

I Gave Up, no way to make it good (it’s all good)

I Gave Up, we have nothing (we have us)

            

I Gave Up, ‘cos there is no place we belong

I Gave Up, ‘cos there is no place we belong