Don't give up on me 'Cause I'm just in a rut I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up Can't keep my mind off of every little wrong I see the mouths are open but I can't hear the song I've done my best to fill 'em But the cracks are starting to spread Hey, I won't blame you baby Go on, turn your head But don't give up on me 'Cause I'm just in a rut I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up I can't keep pretending this next stop isn't mine The truth is on the table, and someone's gotta sign I've done my best defending But the punches are starting to land I'm sliding into something You won't understand Don't give up on me 'Cause I'm just in a rut I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up But don't give up on me 'Cause I'm just in a rut I'm climbing but the walls keep stacking up So I'm handing you a memory I hope you understand That steadily reminds you Of who I really am This city's always breathing I wish that it would die The king rags and the bachelors The fever for the velvet rope The money from my mother's men I'm not like her, you're not like them I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb I'll climb and I'll climb Oh but don't you give up on me (don't you give up, don't you give up) Don't you give up on me (don't you give up, don't you give up) Don't you give up on me (I'll climb and I'll climb) Don't you give up on me (I'll climb and I'll climb)