Hannah explained the meaning:
It’s realizing that I’ve been on the run from certain things, but then you realize that if you’ve been running you just have to keep running, which is not always a very practical way to live, or it doesn’t yield great fruit in your life necessarily. So I think at the e...
[Verse 1]
When I was young, I decided I was weird
Seemed all together but something was wrong
People disagreed but I couldn't hear it
I never met a man that could prove me wrong
[Chorus]
So I've been running for a thousand years
'Cause I kept thinking it would make me strong
The voices followed, clipped the back of my heels
'Til I tripped up and couldn't go on
Yeah, I couldn't go on
[Verse 2]
Stick around long enough to outrun the fear
Time moves slow when you move so quick
Sneakers go, roads blown up in a big war
Thousand-year lines run deep in my cheek
[Chorus]
So I've been running for a thousand years
'Cause I kept thinking it would make me strong
But the voices followed, clipped the back of my heels
'Til I tripped up and couldn't go on
Yeah, I couldn't go on
[Outro]
So long, farewell, farewell, I'm gone
So long, farewell, I'm gone
So Long Farewell I’m Gone was written by Hannah Joy.
So Long Farewell I’m Gone was produced by Tim Fitz.
Middle Kids released So Long Farewell I’m Gone on Fri May 04 2018.