Sometimes life leaves you at a crossroads, forcing you to make a choice as to whether you should leave your lover or persevere on your journey together.
We’ve collected some stand-out songs about not giving up in a relationship, each showcasing an inspiring message fuelled by comfort, commitment and understanding to put a positive spin on your perspective.
Songs About Not Giving Up On A Relationship
1. Andy Grammer – Don’t Give Up On Me
This 2019 pop release by Andy Grammer is a pinnacle track about fighting to keep a relationship alive and winning the heart of your partner forever.
Don’t Give Up On Me is anchored in mesmerising persistence, opening up to a lover about the depths you would go to ensure their happiness while asking for a second chance; “I’m not giving up, no not me, even when nobody else believes, I’m not going down that easily, so don’t give up on me.”
Don’t Give Up On Me is purposefully vague when it comes to explaining the cause of the couple’s issues, letting the listener tie their own relationship problems onto the loose ends of Grammer’s lyrics;
“I will fight for you, I always do, until my heart is black and blue… I will stay with you, we’ll make it to the other side, like lovers do, I’ll reach my hands out in the dark and wait for yours to interlock, I’ll wait for you.”
2. Girls Aloud – I’ll Stand By You
Girls Aloud’s 2004 cover of the classic Pretenders hit, I’ll Stand By You, is rooted in a message of sticking by the person you love no matter what tragedy unfolds.
I’ll Stand By You encompasses the protective ambience of love, glorifying unconditional support in the wake of disaster whilst subduing anger with peace;
“When the night falls on you, you don’t know what to do, nothing you confess could make me love you less, I’ll stand by you, won’t let nobody hurt you, I’ll stand by you.”
Girls Aloud blend flairs of heartfelt soul music within their bubblegum pop sound, flooding their track with warming emotion reflecting the decision not to give up and to remain close to comfort.
3. AL Green – Let’s Stay Together
Al Green’s 1971 hit single, Let’s Stay Together, is a blue-skied pop track about appreciating your partner for all they’re worth.
Focusing on the realisation of true love, Let’s Stay Together highlights the endlessly positive impact your partner has upon your life; a feeling you couldn’t live without, spurring you to stay together;
“’Cause you make me feel so brand new and I want to spend my life with you … Since we’ve been together, loving you forever is what I need, Let me be the one you come running to, I’ll never be untrue.”
Let’s Stay Together is a track for anyone needing to remember the positive side of their relationship, putting faithfulness, support and adoration above all else; “Let’s stay together, loving you whether, whether times are good or bad, happy or sad.”
4. Rascal Flatts – I Won’t Let Go
Rascal Flatts’ track, I Won’t Let Go, adopts a similar theme to Girls Aloud’s anthem above, centred around devotion to the journey you’re taking with your partner.
Rascal Flatts set their lyrics around a life-changing experience which throws all plans off course, the narrator embodying a role of support through their lover’s troubles; “You think you’re lost, but you’re not lost on your own, you’re not alone, I will stand by you, I will help you through.”
This track is submersed in a cheesy pop ambience, but don’t let that put you off; its message of staying together through thick and thin is as heart-wrenching as it is inspiring, crafting a song of mutual encouragement for couples at breaking point;
“When you’ve done all you can do, and you can’t cope, I will dry your eyes, I will fight your fight, I will hold you tight and I won’t let go.”
5. Matthew Nolan – My Mistakes
Matthew Nolan’s atmospheric piano track, My Mistakes, is riddled with that gut-wrenching feeling of standing face-to-face with an inevitable ending and wanting to run in the opposite direction.
Matthew Nolan centres his track in sheer honesty over wrongdoings and the decaying effect that poor choices have had upon a relationship; “My mistakes were made, I don’t wanna be there no more, I don’t wanna hear you say you’re done, we’ve watched this burn and now there is no more.”
My Mistakes is composed from the perspective of a relationship hanging by its final thread, the couple encumbered with resentment and an imbalance of love. This is a track for when your relationship is on its last leg, leaving you grasping for hope whilst convincing your partner you can change;
“The pain won’t fade away… and I’ll hold on for hope but I know its far too late, all the things you took hold an empty space, I’ll search all around I just can’t replace what’s gone.”
6. Lee Brice – Hard To Love
Lee Brice’s pop single, Hard To Love, is an optimistic song about an unidyllic situation. Brice crafts his lyrics from the point of view of a man buried beneath his negative traits; an open self-assessment of toxic masculinity seeping misery into a relationship;
“I am insensitive, I have a tendency, to pay more attention to the things that I need. sometimes I drink too much, sometimes I test your trust, sometimes I don’t know why you stay with me.”
Beneath his lists of self-perceived negativity, Brice anchors his lyrical message in the love for a partner who handles every up and down, choosing to stay in the relationship even though you both know it’s not the wisest idea;
“You’re like a Sunday morning, full of grace and full of Jesus, and I wish that I could be more like you … Girl, you’ve given me a million second chances, and I don’t ever wanna take you for granted, I’m just a man, I’m just a man.”