Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Heavy thoughts seem to slip away
When you are here on my darkest days
I trust in you
Many debts I cannot repay
Too many clouds in my sky today
I trust in you
As if it really matters
You run, you hide
When I reach out for a hand to
Pull me through the storm
Pull me through the storm
I reach for you
Broken glass as evening fades
Take another drink as it fades away
I trust in you
Stealing rays from the sun so bright
Join a million people in the church tonight
I trust in you
As if it really matters
You run, you hide
When I reach out for a hand to
Pull me through the storm
Pull me through the storm
I reach for you
In... my... mind I reach for you
Spread inside
My mind
You'll find
That you really matter
What's right
In this life
We must try
As if it really matters
When I reach out for a hand to
Pull me through the storm
Pull me through the storm
I reach for you
When you are here on my darkest days
I trust in you
Many debts I cannot repay
Too many clouds in my sky today
I trust in you
As if it really matters
You run, you hide
When I reach out for a hand to
Pull me through the storm
Pull me through the storm
I reach for you
Broken glass as evening fades
Take another drink as it fades away
I trust in you
Stealing rays from the sun so bright
Join a million people in the church tonight
I trust in you
As if it really matters
You run, you hide
When I reach out for a hand to
Pull me through the storm
Pull me through the storm
I reach for you
In... my... mind I reach for you
Spread inside
My mind
You'll find
That you really matter
What's right
In this life
We must try
As if it really matters
When I reach out for a hand to
Pull me through the storm
Pull me through the storm
I reach for you
Lyrics submitted by FaithlessSinner
You Run Lyrics as written by Don Gilmore Aaron Young
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Sup people. This song I think is pretty clear what it means. If I'm wrong please correct me, but it seems this song is about God. "Stealing rays from the sun so bright Join a million people in the church tonight I trust in you" That hand he is referring to in the song is God. Very touching and spiritual song.
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I've always thought this song was meant to be for a significant other who had died.
"When I reach out for a hand to Pull me through the storm Pull me through the norm I reach for you" -Always hoping the person who died helps him from afar through his daily life
"Join a million people in the church tonight" -He's attending a funeral, or attending a mass on the anniversary of that person's death
There's parts of the song that don't quite fit with this meaning (As if it really matters, You Run), but still, it's my two cents on the topic.
I love this song, it's just so meaningful unlike the crap we get today like Britney Spears etc. Now I don't want to sound all moody and stuff but why don't bands like this get more recognition god dammit!
Holy shit no kidding, I agree totally with daggerscream...Britney sucks, she can't sing...and there's all these bands out there who can sing, and lyrics have meaning unlike rap crap. As for meaning I'm not really sure if its supposed to be spiritual, if it is it'd be cool. I think part of it has to do with asking if anything we do on earth really matters -"we must try as if it really matters".
I think this song is about one of two things:
A.) God
or
B.) A woman he is expressing himself to.
Either would fit the lyrics quite well.
I doubt it's about God, because of verse that starts out like: Spread inside my mind you'll find that you really matter... God wouldn't need to be reassured like that, lol.
So it must be about another human, and in the lyrics about joining a million people in the church, he's probably just finding his mind wandering off to that other person while he's there, it happens.