The Runner
Foals * Track #2 On Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 2
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The Runner by Foals
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Jack Bevan & Edwin Congreave & Jimmy Smith (UK) & Yannis PhilippakisAbout
With a heavy riff and dogged determination, The Runner picks up where Foals' Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 left off. The narrator is done lamenting his fate now and Part 2 sees him picking himself up, dusting himself off, and moving forward. Or, as Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis summed...
The Runner Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Shadow, see how far I go
(Step by step, I'll keep it up, I won't slow, I gotta go)
Walk through the embers, through the rows
(With every shadow step I take, I'll make sure that I won't break)
Show them all just what I know
(While the years, they come and go, I won't let myself get slow)
'Cause they all just come and go
(With every step that I will take, I'll make sure that I won't break)
[Chorus]
Oh, if I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running
Oh, if I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running
[Verse 2]
And if it hurts, don't let it show
(Step by step, I'll keep it up, I won't slow, I gotta go)
While the seasons come and go
(With every shadow step I take, I'll make sure that I won't break)
Shadow chiaroscuro
(While the years, they come and go, I won't let myself get slow)
[Chorus]
When I, when I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running
Oh, when I fall down, fall down
Won't you come to keep me running?
Yeah, I keep on running
Well, I keep on running
[Bridge]
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadow, come closer, so I'll go on further
[Chorus]
Oh, when I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running
Oh, if I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running (Woah)
[Outro]
Fall down, when I slow down (Keep on running)
Slow down (Keep on running)
Oh, I slow down (Keep on running)
When I fall down, keep on running
Keep on running
Keep on running
Keep on running
The Runner Q&A
Who wrote The Runner's ?
The Runner was written by Jack Bevan & Edwin Congreave & Jimmy Smith (UK) & Yannis Philippakis.
Who produced The Runner's ?
The Runner was produced by Brett Shaw & Foals.
When did Foals release The Runner?
Foals released The Runner on Thu Sep 05 2019.
What did Foals say about "The Runner"?
In a press release, Yannis described the song as “[A] call to find a sense of purpose and perseverance despite the odds and despite the troubles we may find inside or outside ourselves.”
In a track-by-track for DIY Magazine he said:
“It hits right out of the gate. ‘Sunday’ and ‘I’m Done With The W...