The Darkness - Givin' Up

Описание: Track 6 from "Permission To Land" (2003)

About:
Givin' Up” is the 6th song off of The Darkness' debut album “Permission To Land”. It was never released as a single but is commonly played live.

The lyrics are from the perspective of a Heroin user. However, it’s not about any of the band members, as Dan Hawkins explained;

… on the first album we had a song called ‘Givin’ Up’, which is very evidently written from the point of view of a smack-head, someone who takes heroin. And Justin’s never taken heroin in his life.

Lyrics:
My mama wants to know
Where I'm spending all my dough
Honey, all she does is nag, nag, nag
But I won't apologize
I'd inject into my eyes
If there was nowhere else to stick my skag
All I want is brown
And I'm going into town
Shooting up as soon as I'm back
My friends have got some good shit
All I want is some of it
Gimme, gimme, gimme that smack

Well, I've ruined nearly all of my veins
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms
Yeah-yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck

Getting off my face
There's a dragon I must chase
Honey, I'm the scourge of all mankind
And everyone but me
Is destined just to be
Slaves to the remorseless grind

But I found myself an easy way out
Sticking that fucking shit into my arms
Into my arms
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Givin' up, givin' up givin' a fuck

Written by:
Frankie Poullain, Ed Graham, Dan Hawkins & Justin Hawkins