From 2008, this is the Inspiration Edit of The Nightstalker’s “Given Up”, a 4-track light rock song originally written in 2000. This song zeros in on a love born suddenly out of friendship by someone who hasn’t had the best of times in life. The protagonist struggles with the feeling that he has lost a friend in favor of gaining a new lover.
This is a very raw track, and almost has a “stripped down” feeling to it. There was very little in the way of post-processing, which gives this a very raw, real feeling. It also helps that this was one of my best vocal takes of this song, ever.
Lyrics:
It all happened so fast I never thought it could last The way that you make me feel Is any of this for real?
And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope for life Until I found you
(…No you don’t, no you don’t…)
You don’t know who I am But I believe I can be your man Yet I know I must get to your heart So tell me when do we start
And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope for life Until I found you
And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope for life Until I found you
And I’ve just about given up I’ve just about given up I’ve just about given up I’ve just about given up I’ve just about given up I’ve just about given up I’ve just about given up Given up, given up, given up
You know what you gotta do
Tell me, is this the end? I never thought I’d lose a friend But I know I can do this It comes as a shock you’d actually go through with this
And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope And I’ve just about given up on hope for life Yeah, yeah, yeah Until I found you
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we should have paid more attention to the cats who, for decades, put their bodies on the line to walk on keyboards and sit on laptops and prevent us from programming
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I'd also love a 6 hour layover overnight instead of taking the red eye I was going to take and be 7 hours later getting into Cleveland than I wanted, why do you ask? #airporthell
Why yes, I'd love to leave at 4:40 to get to the airport at 6:20 for an 8:20 flight that got delayed to 9:05 which is too late for my connection so now I'm on a 10:20 flight instead. Why do you ask? #airporthell
@shanselman Who at Microsoft do I have to bribe to fix ADO so that those of us on dark mode who copy/paste text from one task to another can do so without our friends on light mode seeing dark text on a dark background?
I updated the blog post with a statement from Revival. While I'm not particularly happy with Revival's decision, I understand their motives. It's just a shame that it was someone from Interplay that had to go and do this. "By games for gamers" my ass.
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