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You step through me
And the screen door hits the wood
And your packing all your things
You say your moving out to there to Hollywood
And I can't do a thing
You say there's nothing for you
In this cardboard town
And every bridge you cross
Your gonna burn it to the ground
You wont listen to a word that I'm telling ya

So who's running through the halls
In the houses of pain
That are staring back at me
Like the ocean from a plane
I swear I've seen your eyes
in the ghost of Philadelphia

I think about you late at night sometimes
When I can't sleep
Cause I can hear the train
It's always there
You just don't know it
Till a quarter to three
You just can't hear it in the day
When every body's got your number
In a plexy glass town
Where the birds ain't got wings
But no one makes a sound
Cause they all know how to fly
Just I wouldn't buy what they're selling ya

So who's running through the halls
In the houses of pain
That are staring back at me
Like the ocean from a plane
I swear I've seen your eyes
in the ghost of Philadelphia

I run into your old man every once and again
Mostly in the spring
Reminds me of our younger and more genuine days when
You weren't so out of reach
Still for all your running
You just can't change a mile
Of the things you carry around
In the closet of your mind
And the days keep coming man
They never fail ya

Your never gonna run away
From what your hanging round your head
Your never gonna run away
From what your hanging round your head
Your never gonna run away
From what your hanging round your head
Your never gonna run away
From what your hanging round your head
And I'm never gonna run away
From what you said
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Cover art for Philadelphia lyrics by John Mark McMillan

This song is great to listen to at nighttime. And all the time really...Lol.

Cover art for Philadelphia lyrics by John Mark McMillan

So beautiful...just an amazing metaphor and just so very true.

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Cover art for Philadelphia lyrics by John Mark McMillan

Is he switching back and forth between talking in first person towards God and then God towards him? I love this song so much but can't totally pin down the lyrics. Help!

@Hosehound25 He's speaking about his relationship with a friend of his, who had a harsh time growing up and leaves town to get away from all the junk. And about how running away doesn't help, because the junk is not so much in his town as it is being carried around in his mind. The song is full of yearning and loss for his friend.

 
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