"The Man Who Ran" lyrics

"The Man Who Ran"

I'm nothing like the pictures they had made
I won't step on the stones that they have laid
I run and run and run and run

And on gravel roads and highway hills
Through the cities grinding traffic mills
I run and run and run into the sun
I chase the blinding thread that it has strung

The dog in the park
The fire and the spark
Will strain and strain and strain at their chain
The world is new the rules remain the same

What if gravity is just another trick of the mind
Hold on, hold on
If the trouble you see
Is nothing but imagniary tethers

Soon there are no more roads to run
This leash is even stronger spun
But I run and run and run and run and run
I'm holding every word I've ever sung

The frog in the lark
Its song in the dark
Will call and call and call behind the wall
Louder than they ever did before

What if gravity is just another trick of the mind?
Hold on, hold on
If the trouble you see is nothing but imaginary tethers
If what's holding you down
Is nothing but your anguish to fall
How long how long will you dream of the leap
The dream about the bird of shining feathers

I'm nothing like the pictures they had made
I don't step on the stones that they have laid
I run and run and run and run and run


Writer(s): Johanni Leo Svensson
You May Also Like
Lady Lamb The Beekeeper - "Violet Clementine" You build a nest of yellow yarn You hope to God the yellowed yarn Is soft enough to break your fall Should you fall, should you fall You build a nest of yellow yarn You hope to God the yellowed yarn...
Vienna Teng - "Stray Italian Greyhound" Oh no not now Please not now I just settled into the glass half empty Made myself at home And so why now Please not now I just stopped believing in happy endings Harbors of my own But you had to...
Regina Spektor - "Apres Moi" I, oh, must go on standing You can't break that which isn't yours I, oh, must go on standing I'm not my own, it's not my choice Be afraid of the lame They'll inherit your legs Be afraid of the old...
Fish In A Birdcage - "Rule #5 - James Picard" With the flame he ignited He thought I would change As I rose from the ashes I embraced his rage Aaa, aaa, aaa (aaa, aaa, aaa) Fear has unleashed this storm through so much pain Aaa, aaa, aaa (aaa,...
My Brightest Diamond - "Something Of An End" When you came jumping down the stairs Screaming bloody awful You woke up God and everyone Screaming bloody awful So we took you to the doctor He said yeah it's a bad one And there's such a shame...