Intro]
Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you
Satisfy this hungriness
Ayy, ayy, baby
[Verse]
I've been lying to your faces, yeah
I've been always wasted, it's too late to save me
Save me (Save me), save me (Save me), save me (Save me)
Oh, save me (Woah)
Fill another cup of forsaken (Baby)
Yeah, 'til my stomach achin', bloated in my face, and
Face it (Face it), face it (Face it), face it (Face, yeah)
Just let me go
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[Pre-Chorus]
I'll always lie to you (To you)
I'm unreliable (For you, babe)
Tell me you care for me
Just give me what I need, eh
[Chorus]
Why won't you let me go?
Why won't you let me leave?
I've given up on me, yeah
I think I'm in too deep
Why won't you let me go? Oh-oh
Why won't you let me leave? (Yeah)
I've given up on me, yeah
I think I'm in too deep
[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
I need you to let go, let go, let go, oh-oh-oh
[Bridge: The Weeknd & Future]
Why won't you let me sleep?
Why won't you let me go?
Why won't you let me try?
Why won't you let me die?
[Part II]
[Interlude]
I could never leave you alone
I could never leave you alone
I could never leave you alone
Leave you alone—
Leave you alone—
Leave you alone—
Leave you—
[Verse]
It keeps calling me back, the sunshine
I can feel the warmth on my skin for the first time
When I'm far away from you, babe, I'm on fire
My sunshine, my sunshine
I know it's not good for me, I know it's not good for me
I know it's not fair to me, I know
You're no good for me, baby, my sunshine
It's not good for me, no, the sunshine
[Outro]
Ooh, Lord
I want your company (Eh)
Ooh, oh, Lord, oh, Lord
Don't you give up on me
Mercy-cy me
Oh, Lord, my company
Mercy me
Oh-oh, listen
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“Given Up On Me” delves further into The Weeknd’s drug abuse and lack of transparency with his audience. Indeed, this two-part song associates his toxic relationship with drugs to a romantic relationship where Abel can’t seem to leave, even if he knows it’s the right thing to do.
The first part of the song is produced by Metro Boomin and was featured in a beatmaking tutorial the Saint-Louis native uploaded to his YouTube channel in December 2023.
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Hurry Up Tomorrow (00XO Edition) (2025)
The Weeknd
1.
Wake Me Up
2.
Cry For Me
3.
I Can’t Fucking Sing
4.
São Paulo
5.
Until We’re Skin & Bones
6.
Baptized In Fear
7.
Open Hearts
8.
Opening Night
9.
Reflections Laughing
10.
Enjoy The Show
11.
Given Up On Me
12.
I Can’t Wait To Get There
13.
Timeless
14.
Niagara Falls
15.
Take Me Back to LA
16.
Big Sleep
17.
Give Me Mercy
18.
Drive
19.
The Abyss
20.
Red Terror
21.
Without A Warning
22.
Hurry Up Tomorrow
23.
Runaway
24.
Society
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Credits
Producers
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Oneohtrix Point Never, MIKE DEAN & Nathan Salon
Writers
The Weeknd, Future, Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin & James McCartney
Synthesizer
MIKE DEAN, Nathan Salon & Oneohtrix Point Never
Recording Engineer
Sage Skolfield
Co-Producer
Nathan Salon
Vocal Producer
Sage Skolfield
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Tommy Rush
Mastering Engineer
MIKE DEAN
Mixing Engineer
MIKE DEAN & Sage Skolfield
Engineer
Nathan Salon, Sage Skolfield & Tommy Rush
Publisher
AuthorScape, Virgin Music Group & Universal Music Publishing Group (GEMA)
Copyright ©
XO Records & Republic Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗
XO Records & Republic Records
Additional Vocals
Future
Photography
Gunner Stahl & Erdem Özler
Distributor
Universal Music Group
Label
XO Records & Republic Records
Released on
January 31, 2025
Given Up On Me Samples
Wild Is the Wind by Johnny Mathis & On The Way by Chicago Gangsters
Given Up On Me Translations
The Weeknd - Given Up On Me (Türkçe Çeviri) by Genius Türkçe Çeviri, The Weeknd - Given Up On Me (Traduzione Italiana) by Genius Traduzioni Italiane, The Weeknd - Given Up On Me (Deutsche Übersetzung) by Genius Deutsche Übersetzungen & The Weeknd - Given Up on Me (polskie tłumaczenie) by Polskie tłumaczenia Genius
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In English
Alternative R&B
Canada
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