Don't Give Up
Sinéad O'Connor Lyrics

In this proud land we grew up strong we were wanted all along
We were raised to be fighters and winners, and we thought we were valuable members of society.

I was taught to fight taught to win I never thought I could fail
We were taught to be strong and confident, and never to give up hope or accept defeat.

No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I have lost all motivation and my dreams seem unattainable.

I've changed my face I've changed my name but no one wants you when you lose
Even if we try to change ourselves to fit in or be accepted, society will still reject us if we fail.

Don't give up cause you have friends don't give up you're not beaten yet
Even when it seems like we have lost everything, we still have our friends and we are not completely defeated.

Don't give up I know you can make it good
We can still turn things around and make them work for us; we just have to keep going.

Though I saw it all around I never thought that I could be affected
Despite being aware of the negative things happening around me, I never realized how they could impact me.

I thought that we would be the last to go it is so strange the way things turn
I assumed that we were invincible and that bad things would only happen to others, but life is unpredictable.

Drove the night toward my home the place that I was born on the lakeside
I returned to my hometown, the place where I was born, and saw the destruction that had occurred.

And as daylight broke I saw the earth the trees had burned down to the ground
When I saw the damage that had been done to the earth and the forests, it was devastating.

Don't give up you still have us
Even though things seem bleak, we are still here for you and we will support you.

Don't give up we don't need much of anything
We don't require much from you; your presence and company is enough.

Don't give up cause somewhere there's a place there's a place where we belong
We all have a place in the world where we fit in and belong, even if we haven't found it yet.

Got to walk out of here I can't take anymore
I need to leave this place, as I can no longer handle the stress and pain of my situation.

I'm gonna stand on that bridge keep my eyes down below
As I leave, I will stand on the bridge and focus on what is beneath me, rather than what is behind me.

Whatever may come and whatever may go
Regardless of what happens to us, we will keep moving forward.

That river's flowing that river's flowing
The river represents the constant flow of life, and we will simply go with the flow.

Moved on to another town tried hard to settle down
We moved to a new place and tried to make a new life for ourselves.

For every job so many men so many men no one needs
There are too many people competing for too few jobs, and many of us feel useless and unwanted.

Don't give up cause you have friends don't give up you're not the only one
We all face struggles and hardships, but we have each other to rely on and we are not alone.

Don't give up no reason to be ashamed don't give up you still have us
There is no need to be embarrassed or feel like a failure, as we are still here to support and love you.

Don't give up now we're proud of who you are
We appreciate and admire you for who you are, and we are proud of you for persevering.

Don't give up you know it's never been easy
Life has always been difficult and challenging, but we can still overcome it.

Don't give up cause I believe there's a place there's a place where we belong
We have faith that we will eventually find our place in the world, and that we will belong there.