Rut

Don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing, but the walls keep stackin' 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 startin' 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 stackin' up

I can't keep pretending this next stop isn't mine

The truth is on the table, someone's gotta sign

I've done my best defending

But the punches are starting to land

I'm sliding into somethin' you won't understand

Don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing, but the walls keep stackin' up

Don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing, but the walls keep stackin' 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 kickbacks and the bachelors

The fever from 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 on me

Don't you give up on me

Don't you give up on me