| The National – Runaway Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Here is a song where the lyrics are crushing, and if read like a poem it could only be interpreted as a tragedy. Yet songs are more than words alone and I can't help but feel uplifted by the end. The way the music rises quietly throughout.... It is as if the facts of the situation have not changed and everything is still awful, but you find some reason to hope for a better future despite everything. I think this song is similar to Blood by The Middle East and Arcade Fire's Wake Up in that it is able to speak honestly about terror and darkness and within that, discover hope. | |
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