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The Runner by Foals

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Foals

The Runner

Release date: 8th March 2019

From Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part II
Track 2
4:22
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About This Track

'The Runner' is built on a simple, driving mantra: keep moving forward, even when you fall. Foals construct the track around a repeating cycle of effort and resilience, the vocal hook "keep on running" becoming both instruction and incantation. The lyrics move through physical metaphors of shadow and distance, each verse reinforcing the same stubborn refusal to slow down or break. The song finds its emotional core in the closing refrain, which borrows the language of endurance athletics: "loneliness of the long distance runner". It's a shift from abstract exhortation to something more vulnerable, acknowledging that persistence carries its own weight. The shadows that close in are not obstacles to overcome so much as companions to the effort itself, inseparable from the act of going further.

"The Runner" is a single by Foals, from the album Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part II, released 8th March 2019. The track is 4:22 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Foals.

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Foals

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Lyrics

The Runner

Shadow, see how far I go
(Step by step I'll keep it up, I won't slow I gotta go)
Through the embers, through the rows
(Every shadow step I take, I'll make sure that I won't break)
Show 'em all just what I know
(While the years they come and go, I wont let myself get slow)
'Cause they all just come and go
(Every step that I will take, I'll make sure that I won't break)

Oh, if I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running
Oh, if I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running

And if it hurts don't let it show
(Step by step I'll keep it up, I won't slow I gotta go)
While the seasons come and go
(Every shadow step I take, I'll make sure that I won't break)
Shadow chiaroscuro
(While the years they come and go, I'll make sure I won't get slow)

When I, when I fall down, fall down
Then I'll know to keep on running
Oh, when I fall down, fall down
Won't you know to keep me running
Yeah, I keep on running

Well, I keep on running

Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadows come closer, so I'll go on further
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadows come closer, so I'll go further
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadows come closer, so I'll go further
Loneliness of the long distance runner
Shadows come closer, so I'll go further

Oh, when I fall down, fall down
Then I'll know to keep on running
Oh, If I fall down, fall down
Then I know to keep on running
Fall down, when I slow down (keep on running)
Slow down (keep on running)
Oh, slow down (keep on running)
Then I

Keep on running
Keep on running
Keep on running
Keep on running

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Track details

From Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part II

4:222019Single
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Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part II
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part II
Foals
18th October 2019
Track number
2
Release year
2019
  1. 1Red Desert
    1:12
  2. 2The Runner
    4:22
  3. 3Wash Off
    4:30
  4. 4Black Bull
    3:07

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Edwin Congreave, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith (UK), Yannis Philippakis
    Producer
    Brett Shaw, Foals, Vincent Taurelle
    Co-Producer
    Brett Shaw
    Bass
    Edwin Congreave, Yannis Philippakis
    Drums
    Jack Bevan
    Guitar
    Jimmy Smith (UK), Yannis Philippakis
    Keyboards
    Edwin Congreave, Jimmy Smith (UK), Yannis Philippakis
    Vocals
    Yannis Philippakis
    Additional Engineering
    Rob Wilks
    Additional Production
    Vincent Taurelle
    Assistant Engineer
    James Ford
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Matt Wolach, Michael Freeman
    Background Vocals
    Edith Langley, Jules Rendell, Mica Townsend
    Mastering Engineer
    Randy Merrill
    Mixing Engineer
    Mark “Spike” Stent
    Recording Engineer
    Brett Shaw
    Video 1st Assistant Director
    Charles Portier
    Video Director
    Quentin Deronzier
    Video Director Of Photography
    Paul Özgür
    Video Editor
    Maxime Pozzi Garcia
    Video Executive Producer
    Anna Roudaut
    Video Line Producer
    Rémy Solomon
    Video Post-Production Department
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