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”
You say the most beautiful things
An endless list of treasures, trimmings
It takes all my faith just to start
I don't care now how much I'm wrong
(We run, we run) Show us all what grace can mean
(We run, we run) All of what I might be
(We run, we run) Close your eyes, call it escape
(We run, we run) We'll run away from everything
My song, it shames your ears
Every sentence, failure
A slant rhyme is all I can give
And half-truth is all I'll get
(We run, we run) Show us all what grace can mean
(We run, we run) All of what I might be
(We run, we run) Close your eyes, call it escape
(We run, we run) We'll run away from everything
Oh, lie to me
Oh, love me
(We run, we run) Show us all what grace can mean
(We run, we run) All of what I might be
(We run, we run) Close your eyes, call it escape
(We run, we run) We'll run away from everything
(We run, run) Run away from everything
(We run, run) Run away from everything
An endless list of treasures, trimmings
It takes all my faith just to start
I don't care now how much I'm wrong
(We run, we run) Show us all what grace can mean
(We run, we run) All of what I might be
(We run, we run) Close your eyes, call it escape
(We run, we run) We'll run away from everything
My song, it shames your ears
Every sentence, failure
A slant rhyme is all I can give
And half-truth is all I'll get
(We run, we run) Show us all what grace can mean
(We run, we run) All of what I might be
(We run, we run) Close your eyes, call it escape
(We run, we run) We'll run away from everything
Oh, lie to me
Oh, love me
(We run, we run) Show us all what grace can mean
(We run, we run) All of what I might be
(We run, we run) Close your eyes, call it escape
(We run, we run) We'll run away from everything
(We run, run) Run away from everything
(We run, run) Run away from everything
Lyrics submitted by krystin meth
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This is on the singles album but it is one of the most songs they've done. I think it's beautiful and its all about how he can't communicate about how he feels to a girl
definitely one of my favorite JEW songs
absolutely beautiful. he just can't describe how he loves this girl and no words can do justice to that love
I love this song more every time I hear it. I think his love for the object of the song is tender and selfless...perhaps unrequited...the word "grace" could refer to the grace of God moving through her.
this song iss beautiful. i
the lyrics on this are slightly wrong. where it says (i love you) the actual written lyric is 'oh lie to me, oh love me'. this makes the songmeaning a bit different as i think the guy knows that the girl doesn't love him, and is maybe just being flirty with him, or something like that. thats what i think anyways...
Submit a correction(full lyric, fixed) and I'll fix... Thanks.
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I think that the song is about a guy who loves someone, but she wont love him back. And he tries so hard to impress her and does everything he can to win her over, but she doesn't love him. He just wants to hear that she does "oh lie to me, oh love me" So I see what xpankfrisst is saying.
i agree this song is one of JEW's best. BUT i cant figure out this one part!!!! Does anyone have any thoughts on what he is saying in this song over and over...sounds like "way ran, way ran" ??? let me know---comment here or email me at: cbacci@yahoo.com
it's "we run, we run". that links in with the "run away from everything" bit, where i think he justs wants to escape from wherever he is and be only with the girl he loves. i'm going to try and change it on the lyrics...