WHEN THINGS DON'T GO WELL WITH YOU (DON'T GIVE UP by TAKE 6/PETER GABRIEL)

DON'T GIVE UP is the song that Peter Gabriel had written years ago. It became a king of the encouraging song list in karaoke center worldwide.

When things do go well with your life, your best buddies and friends will sing this song for you to encourage you. Real friends are there for you, the song is saying.

I hear Gabriel wrote this song based upon what he had experienced. One day, things would stop making it for him and he got really depressed, downcast. But he sings,
"Even if you are tired like this, even if you are downcast and nothing seems right for you, your life still has a good turn to make. You have that force and power given by the LORD. It is all timing and GOD will give you the chance."

One day, a man gets exhausted by his life. All around him, he sees troubles and problems and he cannot feel happy at all. He thinks of dying. Then an angel comes. He has rather a familiar face of his best friend. He says:
"Okay, you are tired. Lay down. I will give you rest."
He still feels he is tired. Death comes and goes in his mind, and then the angel comes again.
"Okay, you are tired. But don't give it up. Don't forget your have a friend here. I have a faith in you and I know you will make it."

One day he goes home; after all, he had lost everything and all he got was his car to drive home. He saw his home having been crushed down and trees are all turned down on the earth. Despair comes creepking back.
Death says:
"Jump. It is now that you can die."

Then the angel comes again for the third time. He says:
"Don't give up on your faith in life. You have a friend here whom you don't want to destroy with your early death."

This song let me know about a family and friends. I have no other families than my parents, since I am an only child and my parents are getting older. I feel I get to be alone in this world after their death. There is a friend, though, my friends say. So, importance and magnitude of having friends meant a lot through this song and I was moved.

My male friend seems extremely tired lately and hangs on his feet and walks slowly with bad posture. He looks as though he were an old man. That much he got tired. I was worried but could not say anything. I guess I should have given him this song.

I love the version with TAKE 6. The Christian acapela group gives it a great thumb-up in this song with best chorus and I love the ad-libs.

Well, I hope my male buddy also listens to this song now that I published the lyrics simultaneously in my Japanese blog site.
;)



DON'T GIVE UP
(PETER GABRIEL/LYRICS & MUSIC ARRANGED by TAKE 6/TRANSLATED by KYOKO/2010)


HMM...
(DON'T GIVE UP,
WE GOTTA KEEP OUR FAITH, KID
COME ON...)

IN THIS PROUD LAND WE GREW UP STRONG
WE WERE WANTED ALL ALONG
I WAS TAUGHT TO FIGHT, AND I WAS TAUGHT TO WIN
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FAIL...

NO FIGHT LEFT OR SO IT SEEMS
I AM A MAN WHOSE DREAMS HAVE ALL DESERTED
I TRIED TO CHANGE MY FACE N' CHANGE MY NAME
BUT NO ONE WANTS YOU WHEN YOU LOSE...

OH, WOO...DON'T GIVE UP
'CAUSE YOU HAVE A FRIEND
(I GOTTA HOLD ON)
DON'T GIVE UP
YOU ARE NOT BEATEN YET
(WOO, YEAH)
DON'T GIVE UP
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE IT
IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP....

THOUGH I SAW IT ALL AROUND
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD BE AFFECTED
THOUGHT THAT WE'D BE THE LAST TO GO
IT IS SO STRANGE THE WAY THINGS TURN
(STRANGE...)

DROVE THE NIGHT TOWARD MY HOME
ALL THE PLACE THAT I WAS BORN, BY THE LAKESIDE
AS DAYLIGHT BROKE, I SAW THE EARTH
THE TREES HAD BURNT DOWN TO THE GROUND

DON'T GIVE UP
YOU STILL HAVE A FRIEND
DON'T GIVE UP
('CAUSE I HAVE A FAITH)
YOU'RE NOT BEATEN UP YET
DON'T GIVE UP
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE IT

*AD-LIBS:
IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP, WHOO
REST YOUR HEAD
YOU WORRY TOO MUCH
JOJO NEVER WORRY ABOUT A THING, NAH
THINGS'RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT
SURE ENOUGH YOU ARE GONNA BE ALRIGHT
WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH,
YOU CAN FALL ON US
JUST REST YOURSELF
DON'T GIVE UP
I WON'T GIVE UP NO
DON'T GIVE UP
NO, NO, NO
I WON'T GIVE UP YEAH, YEAH
'CAUSE YOU HAVE A FRIEND HERE
'CAUSE I KNOW I HAVE A FRIEND
IT'S TRUTH
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT
I KNOW I WILL NOT MAKE IT UP
I WON'T GIVE IT UP
WE CAN ONLY MAKE IT GOOD
THIS I CAN MAKE IT
WHATEVER THE COST I WILL GIVE OUT FOR YOU
YEAH, YEAH, WHOO YEAH
DA, DA, DA...