It burns into your heart, the darkness that you fear
You were never free, and you never realized
And love, is a word you've never heard
Your heart is cold cause it burns, the desire to leave the mind

Take your breath til nothing's left
Stars of life upon your chest
And I know you wherever you go

And we run and we don't look back
And we run til we've had enough
And we run, tell me how to run
And we run, til we break down
And we run til we fall apart
And we run til we've had enough

Don't blink, you'll miss it
Lift up your head. We gotta get gone
Yeah, we outta here
Don't blink, you'll miss it
Lift up your head
Too late, we gone
Yeah, we outta here

And we run, for this killing love
And we run, tell me how it's enough
And we run, far ahead we go

I'ma break these chains, ran through the rain
Never looked back, never quit, worked through the pain
This blood in my veins run cold when I hate
Give enough to keep sane but I never lose hope
This is my time now, no time for tears to celebrate
Put it in the air right now
Never back down, you'll never wear my crown
cause it weighs too much and I crush every motherfucking thing I touch
This is what I've never loved so much
Get involved what's the worst stand up
Here my mic before I ever get far
Man in lights, you lost all my trust
Now it's time to face all of us
Get in line just to spar with us
And it feels so far from us, just take my hand and run

And we run, for this killing love
And we run, tell me how it's enough
And we run, til we never don
And we run til we fall apart
And we run, til it's enough

Yeah, we out of here

Don't blink, you'll miss it
Lift up your head
We gotta get gone
Yeah, we outta here
Don't blink, you'll miss it
Lift up your head
Too late, we gone
Yeah, we outta here

And we run, for this killing love
And we run, tell me how it's enough
And we run, til we never don
And we run til we fall apart
And we run, til it's enough

Don't blink, you'll miss it
Lift up your head
We gotta get gone
Yeah, we outta here
Don't blink, you'll miss it
Lift up your head
Too late, we gone
Yeah, we outta here


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And We Run Lyrics as written by Alvin Joiner Martijn Spierenburg

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    General Comment

    I like this song, is it my favourite, no but I like the way they try different things while still remaining true to there sound.

    EpicNight13on March 16, 2014   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    This song sends shivers through my skin. Beautiful lyrics.

    cganuelason June 18, 2014   Link
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    My Opinion

    I like the song, but it's not my favorite. I like the long part from Xzibit but the two short parts are somehow... empty? i don't know how to describe it. It's somehow emotionsless.

    Alneonon April 15, 2014   Link

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