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Release date: 5th March 2015

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The opening track and title song of AWOLNATION's second album, 'Run' is a stark meditation on human capacity for harm. Aaron Bruno builds the piece around a simple, repeating assertion: that being human means harbouring the potential to do terrible things. The chorus hammers this idea home with hypnotic repetition, whilst verses invoke the image of lightning striking across the world, suggesting both chaos and inevitability. What makes the track unsettling is its refusal to soften the message. There is no redemption arc, no counterargument. Instead, Bruno layers a bridge that pushes back against any notion of progress or self-satisfaction, insisting that he is neither awake nor celebrating what he has become. The outro dissolves into a voicemail, a fragment of everyday life that undercuts the song's philosophical weight with mundane reality. It is a disorienting close to an album opener, one that leaves you uncertain whether to take the darkness as literal or metaphorical.

"Run" is a track by AWOLNATION, from the album Run, released 5th March 2015. Full lyrics are available below.

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Run

[Chorus]

I am

A human being

Capable of doing

Terrible things

I am

A human being

Capable of doing

Terrible things

I am

A human being

Capable of doing

Terrible things

I am

A human being

Capable of doing

Terrible things

[Verse]

There's lightning striking all over the world

There's lightning striking all over the world

There's lightning striking all over the world

There's lightning striking all over the world

[Interlude]

Ooooh

[Chorus]

I am

A human being

Capable of doing

Terrible things

I am

A human being

Capable of doing

Terrible things

[Bridge]

Run

Oh, oh-oh, oh!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Oh, oh!

Oh, oh-oh, oh!

You people are mistaken if you think that I'm awake and celebrating anything that I've become

You people are mistaken if you think that I'm awake and celebrating anything that I've become

[Outro]

'Sup homeboy, it's Ryan, uh… just callin' to say what's up

I am working, I've been working, back to panic

And I'm working 'til next week

Um, sorry I didn't call you back sooner, but

Uh, I was just callin' to say hi, see how things are goin'

But we gotta do something soon, I know we've been sayin' that, but we do

Uh, hope you're all good, I'll talk to you… later

Peace...

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