Original theme & lyrics: Peter Gabriel
Originally performed by: Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
Verse one:
In this proud land we grew up strong
We were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail.
Verse two:
No fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams
Have all deserted.
I've changed my face,
I've changed my name
But no one wants you when you lose...
Chorus: (Sarah Brightman)
Don't give up - 'cause you have friends
Don't give up - you're not beaten yet
Don't give up - I know you can make it good.
Verse three:
Though I saw it all around
Never thought I could be affected.
Thought that we'd be the last to go
It is so strange the way things turn.
Verse four:
Drove the night toward my home
The place that I was born, on the lakeside.
As daylight broke, I saw the earth
The trees had burned down to the ground.
Chorus: (Sarah Brightman)
Don't give up - you still have us
Don't give up - we don't need much of anything
Don't give up -'cause somewhere
There's a place,
Where we belong...
Verse five: (Sarah Brightman)
Rest your head
You worry too much
It's gonna be alright,
When times get rough
You can fall back on us
Don't give up
Please don't give up...
Verse six:
Got to walk out of here
I can't take it anymore
Gonna stand on that bridge
Keep my eyes down below.
Whatever may come
And whatever may go
That river's flow
That river's flow...
Verse seven:
Moved on to another town
Tried hard to settle down
For every job, so many men
So many men no-one needs.
Chorus: (Sarah Brightman)
Don't give up - 'cause you have friends
Don't give up - you're not the only one
Don't give up - no reason to be ashamed
Don't give up - you still have us
Don't give up now
We're proud of who you are...
Don't give up - you know it's never been easy
Don't give up - but believe there's a place
A place where we belong [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/gregorian/dont_give_up.html ]
The earth has taught you to compete and be strong. It has taught you to fight. But as you became a fighter, you failed as a man of god. Now that you are stronger than everyone, you realize you destroyed your dreams of good. You changed you face and your whole spirit to be strong. The angels tell you not to give up, you still have them. They tell you you are not defeated yet. You saw evil and said it would not get yo you, you thought you would be the last to fall, but things turned out differently... You became evil. You cannot stand the world around you, because you are a man of god to the end. You are starting to realize the absurdity of strength. But you are ashamed to go back to christianity. But the angel are proud of who you are. They remind you the path of god was never easy. But you must believe there is a place where god is king, no matter how evil the world is. This will make you not transform into what the world says, but what god is.