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”
She's driving, oh so very fast
Trying to get away from her past
I don't think she'll escape
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid, is it of me
You can't sit still for very long
I turned to look but you were gone
I think that I'd stay some more
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid, is it of me
Now that your gone, I wonder
What I could have said to you
I wish I knew you promised me that
Ah, damn it
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid
I hope that it's not of me
She's driving, oh so vary fast
Trying to get away from her past
I don't think she'll escape
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid, is it of me
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid
I hope that it's not of me
Trying to get away from her past
I don't think she'll escape
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid, is it of me
You can't sit still for very long
I turned to look but you were gone
I think that I'd stay some more
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid, is it of me
Now that your gone, I wonder
What I could have said to you
I wish I knew you promised me that
Ah, damn it
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid
I hope that it's not of me
She's driving, oh so vary fast
Trying to get away from her past
I don't think she'll escape
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid, is it of me
So girl why you run away
You look so afraid
I hope that it's not of me
Lyrics submitted by little_miss
Girl, Why'd You Run Away? Lyrics as written by James Dewees
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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most people can relate to this song, who hasn't had someone runaway either physically or emotionally.
The guy in the song wants to help this girl but she just wants to get away. Moral: Running from your problems only works for so long.
yeah this song at first was okay but that (ah damn it) got me so depressed because thats what your heart always feels like when that one that got away...and you just kinda give up on them =\
I like this song because I am always running from my problems...and i just love blasting it when im crying and driving in my car and i just want to get away and leave everything and everyone around me
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I saw reggie on my birthday, which was excellent, this song came first in the line up, I was quite pleased. But sadly I almost got into a fistfight with a scenester during New Found Glory, who sucked, so I left...but reggie was friggin great