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“I Gave Up” seems to be an admission of hypocrisy and an explanation for why one can no longer carry around the burden of having to appear a certain way to please others. It more than likely refers to the band’s struggle with the label of Christianity placed on them.
[Verse 1: Spencer Chamberlain]
I let it happen again
I failed myself, I failed my friends
Check my pulse, I'm alive
Did it cross your mind?
Cross your mind?
[Chorus: Spencer Chamberlain]
I gave up
I gave up
[Verse 2: Spencer Chamberlain]
Take the keys to my car
Just drive me far, far away
From this hospital bed
Where my soul is sick
And I'm scared of it
[Chorus: Spencer Chamberlain]
I gave up
Somebody help me
I gave up
I gave up
I gave up
[Bridge: Aaron Gillespie]
Every day is a lie
Every mile a mountain, mountain
Every day is a lie
Every mile a mountain, mountain
[Hook: Spencer Chamberlain]
I give up
[Breakdown]
[Chorus: Spencer Chamberlain]
I gave up
Somebody help me
I gave up
I gave up
I gave up
Every day is a lie
Every mile a mountain
[Outro: Spencer Chamberlain]
I gave up
Somebody help me
I gave up
I Gave Up was written by Timothy McTague & Christopher Dudley & James Smith (Underoath) & Matt Squire & Grant Brandell & Aaron Gillespie & Spencer Chamberlain.
I Gave Up was produced by Matt Squire.
In their YouTube video series, “ERASE ME // A WORK IN PROGRESS EP.7” Aaron explains,
I want to make a chorus that just this line that goes ‘I Gave Up’ and the music is like the chorus. Just one tagline that’s just like…yo…and I want the line to be like ‘I Gave Up’. Like you pushed me to the fucking...