In a Zach Sang interview, Nessa said that GIVEN ENOUGH was about a friendship and heavily inspired by the movie series Twilight. Many people have speculated that the song could be about Nessa’s former best friend, Sabrina Quesada.
[Chorus]
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough?
[Post-Chorus]
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough?
[Verse]
Look who's coming back to life
Just so you can suck me dry
All you have to do is cry
And I'm runnin', I'm runnin'
No such thing as give and take
Think my heart is yours to break
Tell me, how does my blood taste?
Only love me, when you're hungry
[Pre-Chorus]
You can't ever lose
You know it's true
Bitin' my neck 'til there's nothin' left
[Chorus]
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough?
[Post-Chorus]
To you, to you, to you
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough?
[Bridge]
No, you never saved my life
You killed me a thousand times
All you do is make me cry
Loving you is suicide
[Pre-Chorus]
You can't ever lose
You know it's true
Bitin' my neck 'til there's nothin' left
Oh, I turn black and blue
I bleed for you
I bleed for you
[Chorus]
Haven't I given enough?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough, given enough to you?
Haven't I given enough? Oh, haven't I given enough? (Oh)
[Outro]
Giving you everything
Giving you all of me
Even the air I breathe
Haven't I given enough?
GIVEN ENOUGH was written by Madi Yanofsky & Arthur Besna & CJ Baran & Nessa Barrett & Pixxy Lua.
GIVEN ENOUGH was produced by CJ Baran & Arthur Besna.
Nessa Barrett released GIVEN ENOUGH on Fri Nov 15 2024.
I love that song, it’s so deep too and when I tell you ,while writing it and recording it and every time I listen to it, it’s about a new person every time. Like, it could be about so many different people and so I just love when songs do that so much.
—via Zach Sang Show
I was gonna name it ‘Edward Cullen’ because there’s a lot of vampire references in it and it was before I wrote ‘EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.’ I was heavily into my Twilight era, rewatching all of the saga and really obsessed with vampires at the time.
—via The Travis Mills Show
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