Running Lyrics

Lyric discussion by snippytude 

Cover art for Running lyrics by IAMX

"And when the touching becomes regret, becomes my mercy chair." Using the term "mercy chair" is usually an allusion to God, or a God. Almost sounds like the song is about running from an abusive past, and so the those abusive people are now at his mercy........?

Nah, I think it's more like someone who resembles a trained seal...you toss a certain type of innocent and gullible person at him and he uses the same act on her/him every time. His charm is limited. And it is fleeting. But he continues to act the fool and pretend to be a free seal even though a cage is his home. In summer he gets more visitors, but they always leave the theme park in the end. And they want a refund on their admission price as the show wasn't half as good as expected and promised. LOL. The...