Don't Give Up Now

As if it were subversive or dangerous
In lopsided spray-painted letters
On the concrete support of the train tracks
Last night somebody wrote
"Don't give up now"

"Don't give up now"
And it hit me like a truck, you know
Oh, don't give up now
Don't give up

God, how I wish that the sweet earnestness of a vandal's prayer
Could offer a moment's relief
'Cause you're hurtin' worse than a person deserves

And it's almost too much to bear
That you can't share the burden with me
'Cause in a blink this'll all be no more than a dream lost to daylight
A little hint of a hue
A blue numb in the dim glow of hindsight

So let it wash, wash over you
So let it wash, wash and be through
But don't give up now

Don't give up now
Don't give up now
Don't give up now
It'll all be passed before you know
So don't give up now
Don't give up