Give Up (Live)

When they're younger, many parents

Tell their kids that they can be

The president or an astronaut

Or an actor on TV

But no one ever tells a child

What they cannot be

So it seems that the responsibility

Has come to be

Life is just a compromise

It's better for your health

You might achieve a smaller dream

So look inside yourself

Why do you want the big career

And all that fancy stuff?

Give up, give up, give up, give up, give up!

The moment you stop working out

The fat will start to creep

You can never smoke a cigarette

And still die in your sleep

So you don't have to make the bed

You're getting back into

'Cause life tends towards chaos

And there's nothing you can do

And love is just a compromise

So you don't have to frown

And rom-coms are a bunch of lies

So bring your standards down

Sure, he's a comedian

But being single sucks

Give up, give up, give up, give up, give up!

Think of what's awaiting you

A couple years down the line

A bunch of emptiness

At the success you didn't find

Think of how much happier

You would be at that time

If you'd never ever failed because

You didn't even try

And life is just a compromise

But we don't wanna see

We write ourselves the movie script

Of how our life should be

You're reaching out for happiness

When what's inside's enough

Give up, give up, give up, give up, give up!