RUN lyrics

[Verse 1]
I refuse your help;
Stay away
All I hear are lies
Deceit, and shame
Wonder why I doubt
You all this way-
Would you even care
If I stayed?

[Chorus]
Why don't I run
Like a life depends on running?
I should just run
As though the heart needs blood to flow-
Must let go, I know

[Verse 2]
Rearranging fate
With frail hands;
Shouldn't fall apart
If I still stand
Have to learn to live
Within your brand
That I'm the one who fails
To understand
[Chorus]
That I just run
From the thunder overwhelming-
Take off and run
As though the legs know where to go
In the lightning's glow

[Verse 3]
(Quietly wishing I never stayed)
So scared when everyone is laughing
(Hoped the distance would keep them away)
Over-dramatic and depressed
(Prayed that my instinct would not betray)
Insulted through those voices clashing
(Found all too late that nothing had swayed)
On love misheard for righteousness

(Several years of strife stuck on replay)
This struggle's only second nature
(Can't conceal the fear within my face)
To those who live it all their days
(Doubting that I'll ever be okay)
They'll pay no mind to how you're treated

Snide when you're defeated
Gone when you've been cheated

[Chorus]
I NEED TO RUN
(SEVERAL YEARS OF STRIFE STUCK ON REPLAY - RUN AWAY)
IF I WISH TO KEEP ON LIVING
(CAN'T CONCEAL THE FEAR WITHIN MY FACE - RUN AWAY)
PUSH THROUGH AND RUN
(DOUBTING THAT I'LL EVER BE OKAY - RUN AWAY)
IF BLIND SURVIVAL'S WHAT I CHOSE
(NO ONE CARES IF I RETREAT OR STAY, I'M-)
FROZEN, FAWNING
FIGHTING TO RUN
I'LL PAY NO MIND TO DECOMPOSING
BRACE MYSELF AND RUN
IGNORING WOUNDS STILL LEFT EXPOSED-
A BROKEN HEART DISPOSED

[Verse 4]
I keep stumbling over myself while I'm trying to run
I keep falling right over myself, it's a habit to run
I know I'm disappointing myself if I cower and run
I can't try to believe in myself when I'm desperate to run

IF IT'S INSULTING TO STAND FOR MYSELF, WHY DON'T YOU LET ME RUN?
IF IT'S OFFENSIVE TO DEFEND MYSELF, WHY DON'T YOU LET ME RUN?
IF IT'S OPPRESSIVE TO PROTECT MYSELF, WHY DON'T YOU LET ME RUN?
EXHAUSTION SPREADS AND THE APATHY RENDS THE ATTACHMENT UNDONE