“Running Out” is the first promotional single of Etham’s second EP.
The song was first performanced by him on John Newman’s UK Tour in July, being officially released on August 9, 2019 by surprise, as Etham stated on Instagram.
According to Etham, the song is very personal and discusses how you fee...
[Verse 1]
Don't have the time to
Wait for a breakthrough
I'm tired of losing patience with you
It's a cycle of pain we've been through, oh no
[Pre-Chorus]
But I can't hate you
But I can't save you
Once again I'm stuck here in the middle of
Wanting to let go, needing to keep hold
There's no end
And once again you walk in
[Chorus]
And I'm running out
Out of time, out of breath, out of space
Out of words, out of things I can say
Out of hope, yeah, 'cause you never change
Once again you walk in
And I'm running out
Out of places to hide in my head
Out of ways to forgive what you said
It's a fight and I've got no defence
Once again you walk in
And I'm running out
And I'm running out
[Verse 2]
Promise comes freely, broken too easy
Don't show me feelings that you never meant
They're just letters that you never sent, oh
[Pre-Chorus]
But I can't hate you
But I can't save you
Once again I'm stuck here in the middle of
Wanting to let go, needing to keep hold
There's no end
And once again you walk in
[Chorus]
And I'm running out
Out of time, out of breath, out of space
Out of words, out of things I can say
Out of hope, yeah, 'cause you never change
Once again you walk in
And I'm running out
Out of places to hide in my head
Out of ways to forgive what you said
It's a fight and I've got no defence
Once again you walk in, yeah
[Bridge]
Somethings are better left forgotten
Some things you wish you didn't want them
Take you to hell and back again, oh, no, no
'Cause I can't hate you
But I can't save you, no
Wanting to hold back, needing to let go
Oh, so I'm running out
[Chorus]
Out of time, out of breath, out of space
Out of words, out of things I can say
Out of hope, yeah, 'cause you never change
Once again you walk in
And I'm running out
Out of places to hide in my head
Out of ways to forgive what you said
It's a fight and I've got no defence
Once again you walk in
And I'm running out, oh, no
[Outro]
Once again you walk in
And I'm running out, oh, yeah
I'm running out, running out
Running Out (Stripped) was written by Wayne Hector & Steve Robson & Etham.
Running Out (Stripped) was produced by Dave May.
Etham released Running Out (Stripped) on Fri Aug 09 2019.
“Running Out” is basically about being in a relationship where you’re constantly in battle with each other. It’s a really personal song to me that explains a situation that I’ve also found myself in with someone who’s very close to me and I always find myself getting hurt trying to save the relation...
This song is about Etham’s mom, on a livestream via Instagram he said:
“Running Out” is about my mom, I wrote it in a way it didn’t say directly is about her, ‘cause we struggle, is a weird relationship and I feel that’s were a lot of my songs come from, specially “Healing Of Time” which has the sa...