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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jacknife Lee

Keyboards

Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers

Lead Vocals

Mark Stoermer

Fretless Bass Guitar

Dave Keuning

Guitar

Becca Marie

Additional Vocals

Nina Fechner

Additional Vocals

Justin Diaz

Additional Vocals

Ronnie Vannucci

Ronnie Vannucci

Drums

Las Vegas Mass Choir

Las Vegas Mass Choir

Choir

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers

Songwriter

Mark Stoermer

Songwriter

Garret Lee

Songwriter

Ronnie Vannucci

Ronnie Vannucci

Songwriter

Dave Keuning

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jacknife Lee

Producer

Matt Bishop

Engineer

Robert Root

Engineer

Malcolm Harrison

Malcolm Harrison

Assistant Recording Engineer

Alan Moulder

Mixing Engineer

Caesar Edmunds

Mixing Engineer

John Davis

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing but the walls

Keep stackin' up

[Verse 2]

Can't keep my mind off 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

[Verse 3]

But don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing but the walls

Keep stackin' up

[Verse 4]

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

[Verse 5]

Don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing but the walls

Keep stackin' up

[Verse 6]

Don't give up on me

'Cause I'm just in a rut

I'm climbing but the walls

Keep stackin' up

[Verse 7]

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

[Verse 8]

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

[Verse 9]

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

Written by: Brandon Flowers, Garret Lee, Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci

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