On The Inside Lyrics

Lyric discussion by LittleEV 

Cover art for On The Inside lyrics by Chris Daughtry

My view on this song is about a person who feels they don't and will never belong. So they try running away, and only to realise that running will never work for them because of the life they've had.

I think that the song is saying that the guy in the song has been running from his past for seven years, changing his identity and skipping town whenever he's found out or his past catches out. He tells himself everythings going to be fine but he knows its just a lie. He's still who he was back then and he can't escape himself and his memories. Like the song says, he'll always be the same inside.