I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
{Justice league)
The loser microphone abuser
Feet hurtin' I just walked from Jerusalem
So you should get on the side with the movement
I'm the proofs and I'll die just to prove it
Whatcha wanna know? Anything whatever.
I can't tell ya
I can show ya better
Me and my gun, we took an oath together
Said I will never die, if we both together
Yeah, this is my testification
I'm Wayne on their hands like precipitation
And in hell you, you need justification
But, but for me it was just a vacation
Somebody tell me when's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
I lost all my money
I lost half my mind
Can't find my direction
Where's the finish line
Could I be far away from it all
How far to go
If I can stay for it all
Then I shouldn't fall.
But if I fall I fall up
And let the clouds hug me
And if I fall down
I bet I hit the ground runnin'
Bet you search and found nothing
Looking for the finish line
Stop short cuttin'
You f***ing up your finish time
S***, but every twice in a while
It feels like I'm runnin'
And life is the miles
Yeah, but until the lights dimmin' down
I'll be runnin' 'round
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
(Oh, will you tell)
Somebody tell me when's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
Counting all my pennies but it doesn't add up
At the mercy but somehow it ain't enough
Reading all the red lights trying not to give up
But I don't know how long it's gonna last all
It's almost over now
I say it's almost over now
The end is gettin' closer now
Better do what you suppose to cause
The world is all so short
Somebody tell me when's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end
Runnin'
Run it all
Yeah I'm runnin' outta time
I'm runnin' out of space
Fell like I'm runnin' round
But I'm runnin' in place
We all in the race
I'm just another sprinter
If there's no finish line
Then who's the real winner?
The loser microphone abuser
Feet hurtin' I just walked from Jerusalem
So you should get on the side with the movement
I'm the proofs and I'll die just to prove it
Whatcha wanna know? Anything whatever.
I can't tell ya
I can show ya better
Me and my gun, we took an oath together
Said I will never die, if we both together
Yeah, this is my testification
I'm Wayne on their hands like precipitation
And in hell you, you need justification
But, but for me it was just a vacation
Somebody tell me when's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
I lost all my money
I lost half my mind
Can't find my direction
Where's the finish line
Could I be far away from it all
How far to go
If I can stay for it all
Then I shouldn't fall.
But if I fall I fall up
And let the clouds hug me
And if I fall down
I bet I hit the ground runnin'
Bet you search and found nothing
Looking for the finish line
Stop short cuttin'
You f***ing up your finish time
S***, but every twice in a while
It feels like I'm runnin'
And life is the miles
Yeah, but until the lights dimmin' down
I'll be runnin' 'round
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
(Oh, will you tell)
Somebody tell me when's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
Counting all my pennies but it doesn't add up
At the mercy but somehow it ain't enough
Reading all the red lights trying not to give up
But I don't know how long it's gonna last all
It's almost over now
I say it's almost over now
The end is gettin' closer now
Better do what you suppose to cause
The world is all so short
Somebody tell me when's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end up
Runnin'
Runnin'
Runnin'
Run it all
When's it gonna end
Where's it gonna end
Runnin'
Run it all
Yeah I'm runnin' outta time
I'm runnin' out of space
Fell like I'm runnin' round
But I'm runnin' in place
We all in the race
I'm just another sprinter
If there's no finish line
Then who's the real winner?
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Runnin Lyrics as written by Kevin Crowe Erik Ortiz
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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