Turning off my phone,
And I'm running away from home
No obligations, no demands,
Just me and my choices,
Living in a Velodrome *
And I'm packing up my apartment
I want to leave the hysteria
Sick of this shit, so I kiss the sky,
I'm chased down by my reality,
Would like to be mirrored by
Something better, so I'm leaving,
Chorus
As soon as I left the town I took my first hit,
Where I once broke the law, where I learned to fight,
Soon I left the town I just wanted to get away from,
Where I took myself by the collar to leave it for good,
I'm running
I'm running
I'm running away from here
(Verse 2, Norlie)
I've searched within myself,
So many times that were never reconciled
Has dampened my anxiety with men every weekend,
And concluded that my responsibility was a joke,
You're formed by the city that eats you up
And nose the smell of misery in the air,
The mind is lost, gone with the wind,
Racing against time, but watch it disappear
I want to leave everything,
'Cause it's been a long time since I've felt at ease.
When the warmth is gone, it changes you,
It's not me, it's the town that's frigid
Chorus
I'm chased down by my reality,
Would like to be mirrored by
Something better, so I'm leaving,
As soon as I left the town I took my first hit,
Where I once broke the law, where I learned to fight,
Soon I left the town I just wanted to get away from,
Where I took myself by the collar to leave it for good,
I'm running
I'm running
I'm running away from here
(verse 3)
It's been way too long since I was sober,
If I were to stay here, it'd tear me to shreads,
I just have to get there,
Because I can't live in nostalgia
Yes, this has cost time,
But now I see the person I hope to become
I've lived a pretend life,
That I feel like I've been crushed by
But I swear, it wasn't easy or constructive,
When you wait in vain for your time to bloom
Chorus
I'm chased down by my reality,
Would like to be mirrored by
Something better, so I'm leaving,
As soon as I left the town I took my first hit,
Where I once broke the law, where I learned to fight,
Soon I left the town I just wanted to get away from,
Where I took myself by the collar to leave it for good,
I'm running
I'm running
I'm running away from here