She Gave Up

[emilyrose]

E Equals

She gave up on me last night
Why did I do something?
It wasn't right
I looked everywhere in manuals
To say the right thing
But I guess that time brings
Our true fate no matter what we do

Or maybe I'm just a man
And maybe this man's plan's
Never gonna work 'cause he's
Too big of a jerk inside

Only doing it for the show
To prove how much he loves his
Snow White
Carry her off into the night
After a kiss and yes, baby I really did miss ya

I know it's not like that
Though I wanna get it right

I can't seem to understand
Every little nuance and
Every little thing you're supposed to say
And why is this, this way
But see you're still saying

You said you didn't want me to improvise
'Cause it didn't work out too well last time
So already it feels like a test

And already I feel second best to you
Oh I love you truly
But I can't make this and it's

Duly noted, that the
Man on which you doted
Has fallen apart
Since you took his heart away

Oh and you took yours as well
Oh and that's the time I fell

'Cause she gave up
And it wasn't enough
Oh no
And it wasn't enough

'Cause it wasn't enough
Oh no no
'Cause it wasn't enough

I kicked myself out last night
Why did I bother to try?
It wasn't right
Don't care no more to analyze
To think some new things
And soul-searching's just selfish
No matter what I say

And I ain't half a man
'Cause all that this man's plan
Was was a plan to screw you over
One of the few that never saw

Only hoping it'll all blow
To prove how much he wants to
Treat her right
Stay up talking through the night
After a kiss and yes, baby never meant to be remiss

I know it's not like that
But fuck, I can't protect you when I'm thinking certain things
And say it's just all right

I can't seem to understand
Every little victory I claim
All while whispering your name
I know that I'm this way
But see I'm still saying

I said I wish I could up and die
'Cause I can't even make you cry
So already you're stuck without release

And already I know that I can't go back
Oh it's not that I'm not ready
But I need your breast on my chest just one last time and it's

Rightly claimed, that the
Man for which you changed your name
Needs to hold you once again
Okay baby

Oh and I gave it a shot
'Twas the worst one I got

'Cause she gave up
'Cause it wasn't enough
And I stopped trying
When my pleasure meant her pain
And you were more than enough
And I wasn't enough
And I was never enough
'Cause nothing's ever enough
No nothing's ever

[PipeFist]

I thought of something neat. Scan your lyrics and post the image of it to the forums. Maybe it will catch on?

Anyway, I said it before in the prefight, but this is a very emotional song for me. If anyone's curious, and can't read this or make heads or tails of this, I'll transcribe it.

[furrypedro]

^ I'm gonna steal that idea ^

She gave up by Carpetburn

[edit]

[PipeFist]

^ I'm gonna steal that idea next time ^

Yeah, I thought it would be neat, just to see how everyone's songwriting process works.[/b]

[Bjam]

(Click photo for a larger version)

That's what I start with. A mishmash of colour and scribbles to practice with.


Then I rewrite it nicely and prettily and record with that.

[Ross]

She Gave up
by Ross Durand

She keeps getting calls but she doesn't live here anymore
And I miss the mornings when she kissed me as she went out the door
And I'm eating TV dinners and I'm lonely when I go to bed
And I try to remember all the sweet little things that she said

She gave up when things got a little too tight
She gave up when she couldn't be sure this was right
She gave up when the future wasn't something she could see
She gave up on me

I guess it was just to hard on her living with me
Look up "dependant" in the dictionary my picture's what you'll see
And when she looks back someday I know that I might just be a blur
But she gave up on me, I didn't give up on her

She gave up when things got a little too tight
She gave up when she couldn't be sure this was right
She gave up when the future wasn't something she could see
She gave up on me

It's not my fault, that's what my teachers and my daddy say
And they try to convince me that someday I'll be okay
And so hiding my tears I try each day to make it through
But giving up doesn't seem like something a mommy ought to do

She gave up on our life when it seemed to get rough
I never saw it coming - she just gave up
She gave up for reasons that I'll never see
She gave up on me

[Eidolon]

She Gave Up
by Eidolon (lyrics co-written with my girlfriend)
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Challenging the Rio Grande to beat her to the line
The tank is almost empty and she’s running out of time
Twelve-gauge in the back seat - pistol on her thigh
She'd sworn she wouldn’t kill this one he'd seemed like a nice guy

But roommates have a way of getting on her nerves
there were so many before that got what they deserved
She could not control herself, she had to get him back
He failed to clean his dishes after one last late night snack

Boxers on the floor
Hangers on the door
Like those jerks before

Fridge is full of beer
the man show premiere
This lease is for a year

Scratching at his butt
Brought home another slut
She Just Gave Up

A studio apartment is not a lot of space
So the dolt you live with is always in your face
Half the time she went to pee the toilet seat was up
And once he made his shaving cream in her favorite teacup

At night he’d play computer games with the volume peaked
She would soon regret the day she ever signed that lease
Now that she was on the lamb, the cops close on her tail
Well she would rather run for it, than spend her life in jail

Smelly underwear
Drying on her chair
Why don't they care?

Drain full of goo
Reaking of spew
Whats a girl to do?

Cops can be outrun
Loading up her guns
She Just Gave Up