I've Given Up on You Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wstephe1 

Cover art for I've Given Up on You lyrics by Real Friends

i think the song is about a guy who split up from his girlfriend about a year ago. he talks about how good he use to feel when he was with her and how with out her he's getting more and more depressed. He cant listen to some of his favorite songs anymore because they use to listen to them together and now they just bring back those memories. He writes songs about her all the time(he's using this to describe how often he still thinks about her) and even though shes always in his thoughts he doesn't even think he crosses her mind since she's already moved on. He's letting her know that now after this long "lonely" year of missing her that he's finally giving up because he's finally realized that its over but just because he's giving up it doesn't mean he doesn't care and it still hurts that shes moved on."don't worry, i'll keep out of your life" he's reassuring her that even though he still cares he really means it this time he's done trying and is ready to move on with his life and he's going to stay out of hers. But she'll still be on his mind hence "and stay awake at night". Great song!

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