Running In Place

Story Behind The Song

being fed up with having to play hard to get

Song Description

Upbeat, catchy guitar-driven, hook-laden pop-rock with female vocals and angst

Song Length 3:02 Genre Rock - Alternative, Pop - Rock
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Enchanting, Charming Subject Attracted, Crush, Relationship
Similar Artists Garbage, The Fugees Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

RUNNING IN PLACE

WE STARTED MAKING UP STORIES
'BOUT WHO WAS BETTER AT RUNNING AWAY
OF ALL THE GUTS AND THE GLORY
WELL THERE WAS SO MUCH AT STAKE
AND WE WERE LOSING THE MEANING
BEHIND OUR TENOUS TRADE
I KNOW I SAID I WAS LEAVING
BUT I WAS RUNNING IN PLACE

THE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT
WHEN BLACK AND WHITE TURNED TO SHADES OF GREY
FOR ALL THE SECRETS WE'VE STOLEN
I ONLY GOT IN YOUR WAY
I THOUGHT PERHAPS I COULD STAY HERE
BETWEEN ASLEEP AND AWAKE
I KNOW I SAID I WAS LEAVING
BUT I WAS RUNNING IN PLACE

FOR GOODNESS SAKE
NOW IT SEEMS I'M GOING NOWHERE
MAKE MY ESCAPE
IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE

I NEVER NEEDED ANOTHER
THE WAY I NEED YOU AND I'M NOT AFRAID
BECAUSE WHATEVER IS COMING
I KNOW I MEAN WHAT I SAY
AND NOW IT'S ALL I CAN MUSTER
BUT THIS IS ALL YOU CAN TAKE
AND WHEN I SAID I WAS LEAVING
I REALLY WANTED TO STAY
SO WHEN I SAID I WAS LEAVING
WELL I WAS RUNNING IN PLACE

Lyrics Shannon Gray Music Shannon Gray, Alex Mrazek
Producer Mike Geier, Alex Mrazek, Shannon Gray Publisher Doubleplusgood Entertainment
Performance Red Hot Roxy Label Spun Sugar Records

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