Runaway Song Lyrics

Song Info: The Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora's debut extended play (EP), Running with the Wolves (2015), and debut album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, both contain the song "Runaway" (2016). It served as the lead single for both projects and was made available on February 16 by Decca and Glassnote Records. Magnus Skylstad and Odd Martin Sklnes produced the song after writing it with Aurora. With influences from Nordic-folk music, "Runaway" has a downtempo folktronica, synth-pop, electronic, and electropop sound. The singer's grief over being separated from her family served as the inspiration for the song's lyrics, which express escaping reality and realizing the necessity of going home.




      "Runaway Lyrics"

(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)


I was listenin' to the ocean
I saw a face in the sand
But when I picked it up
Then it vanished away from my hands, dah
I had a dream I was seven
Climbin' my way in a tree
I saw a piece of heaven
Waitin' in patience, for me, dah


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 no, take me home
Take me home where I belong
I can't take it anymore

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, dah
And all this time I have been lyin'
Oh, lyin' in secret to myself
I've been putting sorrow on the farthest place on my shelf
La-di-da!


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 no, take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go
No, take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go
No, take me home
Take me home where I belong
I can't take it anymore


But I kept runnin' for a soft place to fall
And I kept runnin' for a soft place to fall
And I kept runnin' for a soft place to fall
And I kept runnin' for a soft place to fall


And I was runnin' far away
Would I run off the world someday?


But no, take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go
No, take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go

No, take me home, home where I belong, no, no
No, take me home, home where I belong, oh, oh, oh
No, take me home, home where I belong, no, no
No, take me home, home where I belong

I can't take it anymore




Writer(s): Aurora Aksnes, Magnus Aserud Skylstad