I need a break from it all
Some space from it all for a minute
I'm trying to make sense of it all
This place is so unforgiving
Wanting and waiting
And somehow it's another winter
Big plans and big dreams
Are over now

[chorus:]
‘Cause I'm running away,
running away
I gotta do it, make my escape from this world I've been living in
Nothing's holding me down
I'm leaving this town
I gotta do it, deep down I know
That as long as I stay true,
It doesn't matter where I'm running to

Standing alone in the crowd
Can't find my way out but I'm trying
Everything's within my reach
But everything seems like it's nothing
When you're looking for something
That's better than what is around you
All these illusions are over now.

[chorus]

And all I wanted was someone
Who could see that I ain't just like anybody
All I needed was someone who could
Tell me it's all right

I've waited all this time to be a part of something
I want it so bad and there's no reason to it.
Looking back ‘Cause now I know I finally feel alive

[chorus]


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Running Away Lyrics as written by Jesse Mccartney John Shanks

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    i love this song. i think it's just about needing to escape from your life, so you can live. i think we've all felt like doing that at one time or another.

    i think you have the words wrong though. i think it's supposed to be "and all i wanted was someone who could see that i AM just like anybody" as apposed to "ain't just like anybody". it makes more sense with the song that way.

    __midnightdrearyon April 18, 2008   Link

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