Vaccines singer Justin Young is a guest vocalist on this song. Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell told NME how the collaboration came about: "When I wrote it, I realized the middle-eight sounded like The Vaccines," he said. "I thought they'd think I was ripping them off so asked Justin to sing on it. He e-mailed me to say they were going to be in town for a show, so we went and had lunch. He told me he'd come up with something. I was like, 'No, let's do it now,' and they all burst out laughing. But he came to the studio and got it really quickly."
| Sequel to the Prequel |  Babyshambles | Album | 2013-09-03 |
 Best Kept Secret Festival | Babyshambles | Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek NL | 2014-06-21 |
 Rock Am Ring | Babyshambles | Nürburg | 2014-06-08 |
| Capitol, Hannover | Babyshambles | Capitol, Hannover Germany | 2014-03-12 |
 Roundhouse, Camden | Babyshambles | Camden Roundhouse, London | 2014-03-10 |
 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels | Babyshambles | Brussels Belgium | 2014-01-16 |
| Paradiso, Amsterdam | Babyshambles | Paradiso, Amsterdam | 2014-01-15 |
 Live in St.Petersburg | Babyshambles | Club A2 | 2013-11-10 |
 Le Zenith, Paris | Babyshambles | Le Zenith, Paris | 2013-10-03 |
I was born as a free man
And now I’m tied to the mast
Like the strings of an old guitar
I bent out of tune too fast
Now as your temperature rises
As I baulk on the flames
As I come to devices
I hear the words that you say
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Oh, give it up
Are you trying to say this world's not beautiful enough?
Outside line to a collect call
Oh you say it's easy
You do it just to tease me I know
Now I'm the ghost of a thousand
Now I'm a million years
I've been the slave to the old song
That's ringing in your ear
Direct line to all you girls and boys
You say that love will free me
You say it just to see me give up
Give it up, give it up, give it up,
Oh give it up
Are you trying to say this world is not beautiful enough?
What’s it like on the moral high ground?
Judging by your face well I'm glad I never asked
Step outside the bar and kick seven shades of shit out of you
Outside line to, to all you girls and boys
Give it up, give it up, give it up
Oh give it up
Are you trying to say this world’s not beautiful enough?
Seven shades of nothing
Seven shades of nothing to use
