I never really got the real reason why he cheated or why he was leaving me, and I never had the entire truth and never had an apology.
The Not Knowing ate me up and I blamed myself for a long, long time, and so this song was born.
-Violet Skies on an instagram post about the song
[Verse 1]
Could've been the lighter part of me, fight for me
I believed that we were in this together, yeah
I remember staying up all night
You were lying next to me beneath the static sky
Were you thinking about her?
I don’t blame you if you're having doubts, if you wanna leave
But you can figure it out, so tell me what you need
Is it her or me? Is it her or me?
[Chorus]
Give me a reason
That you're giving up on love
Oh, give me a reason
Tell me I’m not good enough
Oh, give me a reason
Oh, say there's someone else
Please give me a reason
Or I'll just blame it on myself
[Post-Chorus]
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
[Verse 2]
I gave you every single part of me willingly
So at least won't you honor the love we made? (Love me made)
For old times sake? (For old times—)
Seven years, I'm not a stranger now
Look me in the eye if you gonna let me down
I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid) of the words you say
So when did this end for you? (So when)
Did you really think that you could have her (So when)
While you're lying with me? (So when)
You’re too weak to see you can never have everything
[Chorus]
So give me a reason
That you’re giving up on love
Oh, give me a reason
Tell me I'm not good enough
Give me a reason
Oh, say there’s someone else
Please give me a reason
Or I'll blame it on myself
[Post-Chorus]
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
[Bridge]
Give me a reason
That you're giving up on love
Give me a reason
Tell me I'm not good enough
Oh, give me a reason
Oh, just say that there’s someone else
Please give me a reason
'Cause I'm blaming it
Yeah, I'm blaming it
[Chorus]
Oh, give me a reason
That you're giving up on love
Oh, give me a reason
Tell me I'm not good enough
Oh, give me a reason
Oh, just say there's someone else
Oh, give me a reason
Or I'll blame it on myself
[Outro]
But good God
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one good reason, good
Give me one, give me one good reason
Give me one, give me one good
Give me one
(So when, so when, so when)
Give me one, give me one
(So when, so when)
Give Me a Reason was written by Charlie McClean & Christian Fiore & Daniel Evans & Thomas Daniel & Violet Skies.
Give Me a Reason was produced by Charlie McClean & Christian Fiore & Violet Skies.
Violet Skies released Give Me a Reason on Fri Apr 19 2019.