“Runaway” is the second single to be released from Lil Peep’s 2018 posthumous album, Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2.
Throughout the track, Peep talks about doing whatever it takes to escape the pain fake people cause. From his mom to lovers, nobody can stop Peep from doing what it takes to brea...
[Intro]
Go back there
Everybody so fake
Everybody act like that they care
Away from here
Everybody so fake
Everybody so fake, I swear
Go back there, yeah
[Chorus]
Take me away from here
Everybody so fake
Everybody so fake, I swear
But I don't wanna go back there
Everybody so fake
Everybody act like they care
Take me away from here
Everybody so fake
Everybody so fake, I swear
But I don't wanna go back there
Everybody so fake
Everybody act like they care
Everybody act like they care
Why the fuck do everybody act like they care?
I was dying and nobody was there
Please don't cry, baby, life ain't fair
[Verse]
I run away from my problems
I do the drugs when I want 'em
I ran away from my momma
Don't bother me with no drama
Now I'm looking for a ghost girl (Ghost girl)
I ain't never gonna find her (Find her)
Pain pills with my coke, girl (Coke, girl)
You know I gotta get high first (High first)
Now I'm looking for a ghost girl
I ain't never gonna find her
You were everything I know, girl
Ain't it funny how life work?
(Ain't it funny how life work?)
[Chorus]
Take me away from here
Everybody so fake
Everybody so fake, I swear
But I don't wanna go back there
Everybody so fake
Everybody act like they care
Take me away from here
Everybody so fake
Everybody so fake, I swear
But I don't wanna go back there
Everybody so fake
Everybody act like they care
Everybody act like they care
Why the fuck do everybody act like they care?
I was dying and nobody was there
Please don't cry, baby, life ain't fair
[Outro]
I run away from my problems
I do the drugs when I wanna
I ran away from my momma
Don't bother me with no drama
(I run away from my problems)
(I run away from my problems)
Runaway was written by Drew Fulk & Steve Choi & Smokeasac & Lil Peep.
Yes Liza (Peep’s mother) who directed the video wrote this:
LIZA’S DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
I’m so proud to have been given the opportunity to collaborate with Steven Mertens on the video for Runaway. It has allowed me to make something beautiful for my son – in his honor. Early in the process, many of...
In an interview for Alternative Press magazine, Smokeasac recounts the story behind the creation of the song and the various modifications that were made posthumously.
Asked about, “Why this beat?”
It fits his life. I felt like the beat and the guitars, and everything described him throught sound....
On July 26, 2023, “Runaway” was certified gold by the RIAA.