[Verse 1]
See me running with my hands up
It's only how I learned to play
You can't just wait for them to show up
You've got to, got to, got to run away
[Chorus]
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away, run away
[Verse 2]
See me hit the ground and stand up
Yellin' out and runnin' again
Slammin' through the doors of this club
You've got to, got to, got to run away
[Chorus]
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away, run away
[Verse 3]
Run any way you can, baby
The movement is foreign
It shakes you free of your body
But wasn't that the plan?
[Verse 4]
See them runnin' with their hands up
Running just like you and your friends
They run to keep their bodies in luck
They may, they could, they might have one
You better leave your things and run away (Oh, oh, oh)
[Chorus]
Run away (Oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away, run away
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh)
Run away (Oh, oh, oh)
Run away, run away
Runaway was written by Homer Steinweiss & Nick Sanborn & Amelia Meath.
Runaway was produced by Sylvan Esso.
Sylvan Esso released Runaway on Fri Sep 25 2020.
One of the first songs we wrote for this record. It was right after the Las Vegas shooting at a country music festival in October 2017, and then there had also been the Ariana Grande concert attack. Especially here in the States, there’s this omnipresent, constant anxiety and dread of when you’re in...