Runaway

I think I have a possible interpretation of this song:

I was listening to the ocean I saw a face in the sand But when I picked it up Then it vanished away from my hands

• when you get closer to the person you dream about (picking their face from the sand), then you lose them...

I had a dream I was seven Climbing my way in a tree I saw a piece of heaven Waiting, impatient, for me

• the real beauty you are striving for is up there, but you cannot reach it, because you are searching for it in a wrong place (in the person you love) even though it's impatiently waiting for you to realise that you won't find real love in them, but in yourself, or "up there"

And I was running far away Would I run off the world someday? Nobody knows, nobody knows And I was dancing in the rain I felt alive and I can't complain But now take me home Take me home where I belong I can't take it anymore

• you run away from the real beauty and search for love in the person. You are with them with all the ups and downs and crazy things (dancing in the rain), and you cannot complain, because your love for them is so strong, that you are willing to tolerate the pain of them not loving you back, just to be with them. But the longer it takes, the weaker you are and you strive for safety and peace again (take me home)

I was painting a picture The picture was a painting of you And for a moment I thought you were here But then again, it wasn't true And all this time I have been lying Oh, lying in secret to myself I've been putting sorrow on the farest place on my shelf

• you paint a picture of how perfect the person is in your own mind, but you are constatly hitting a wall and being reminded that they aren't the same as your dream of them (i thought you were here but then again it wasn't true). You are lying to yourself that one day they will fall in love with you out of the blue, and you are convincing yourself that you're happy with them, when you're actually in pain (i've been putting sorrow on the farest place on my shelf).

Take me home where I belong I got no other place to go

• Sooner or later, you realise that the only option is to leave, return back to when life was beautiful and free, sadly without this amazing person, who doesn't love you back even if they want to

Why this came to my mind:

I recently confessed to a girl who I had loved very much for a long time. She couldn't love me back. We tried being together but it just didn't work, I was miserable because she was quite cold to me, while I was falling for her even more with each time we've seen each other. When I tried to end, she insisted on continuing, then one day I just couldn't do it anymore and cut off all contact. A few days later, she returned to her ex boyfriend.

It still hurts, but this song kind of helped me get over it. I hardly ever cry, but listening to this made me cry and realise that I was under control of someone whom I loved, but they didn't see the beauty of our relationship, and I have been searching for what I can only find alone in her. And when I read the lyrics from the perspective of someone who's been through unrequited love, it kind of made sense.

Song is about Predestination to Heaven regarding the bizzare and unhappy happenings on Earth. Finding solace in peace & predestination upon unfulfilling or disruption of Destiny here on earth based on a simple childhood dream & contrasting dissappointing reality/!

It's amazing how we find songs like these, I have so many songs that I don't know much about the artists. So all you have are the lyrics, and you instantly connect with them on that point.

Amazing song