Jan 23 - Gave Up

"Gave Up" is the sixth track from the Broken album or Halo 5. Even though Broken is not necessarily an album release I considered it was because it had brand new music on it. When I first got this, I had a hard time listening to it because it was so unlike Trent's first album. The beats were driving, thunderous works of art. I was enthralled. And this song, with Trent's pleading at the beginning is magic.

    Perfect little dream the kind that hurts the most
    Forgot how it feels well almost
    No one to blame always the same
    Open my eyes wake up in flames
    
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me realize
    It took you to make me see the light
    Smashed up my sanity
    Smashed up integrity
    Smashed up what I believed in
    Smashed up what's left of me
    Smashed up my everything
    Smashed up all that was true
    Gonna smash myself to pieces
    I don't know what else to do
    
    Covered in hope and Vaseline
    Still cannot fix this broken machine
    Watching the hole it used to be mine
    Just watching it burn in my steady systematic decline
    Of the trust I will betray
    Give it to me I throw it away
    After everything I've done I hate myself for what I've become
    
    I tried
    I gave up
    I don't know
    Throw it away