I put my heart on the back burner
Didn't wanna face my own misery
Smiled as hard as I could
That felt much better to me
But sometimes I couldn't sleep at night
And food and shoes couldn't curb my appetite
I couldn't think and I couldn't pray
That's what really done it to me
I was running
Running away, I was running
Running away, I was running
Running away, I was running
Running away, I was running
I, I, I tried to hide inside a beautiful place
I held on to my joy, but it felt so second place
More than anything, I felt afraid
Afraid to feel the pain that I myself had made
Didn't like what I had done
But I realized I was on the run
Running away, I was just running
Running away, I was just running
Running away, I was just running
Running away, I was just running
I was just running from the shallow side of the pool
It wasn't me, just a caricature
Sometimes the pain came and I ran away
Didn't wanna see that life can be hard and ugly sometimes
That's just the way it is
But I realized I couldn't keep running from it
No, no, that's the way life goes
Everything I'm supposed to feel
Sometimes I'm supposed to cry
Sometimes I'm supposed to be confused
Sometimes we have to ask the question
Why, why, that's the way it's supposed to be
Nothing in life is easy, ooh
Can't keep running, running, running, running
Can't keep running, running, running, running
I can't keep running
I put my heart on the back burner
Didn't wanna face my own misery
Smiled as hard as I could
That felt so much better to me
But sometimes I couldn't sleep at night
And food and shoes couldn't curb my appetite
I couldn't think and I couldn't pray
And that's what really done it to me
I was running
I was running, running, running
I was running, running
I was running, running, running
Running, running...
I think we should listen to that
I liked that change, what happened
It wasn't a structured bridge but I thought is was cool
What did I see, me, me
It wasn't me, no no, it wasn't me
I was hiding on the shallow side of the pool
Playing the fool, hiding from me
Oh, when I looked in the mirror, what did I see
It wasn't me, it wasn't me
Hiding in the shallow side of the pool
Allowing my own heart to be a fool
Didn't wanna feel no pain
Didn't wanna dive in, no, no no
Didn't wanna be sad again
Didn't wanna, didn't wanna cry
Didn't wanna mourn, no no
Didn't wanna weep, no no no no no
Didn't wanna be angry
I was just runnin', runnin'
I put my heart on the back burner
Didn't wanna face my own misery
Smiled as hard I could
That felt so much better to me
But sometimes I couldn't sleep at night
And food and shoes couldn't curb my appetite
I couldn't think and I couldn't pray
That's what really done it to me
Oh, can't keep runnin'
Oh, can't keep runnin'
Can't keep runnin', keep runnin'
When I looked in the mirror, what did I see?
Wasn't me, wasn't me, wasn't me, wasn't me
Just hiding in the shallow side of the pool
Painting my own self, painting my own self as a fool
Can't keep runnin', can't keep runnin'
Can't keep runnin', can't, can't, can't
Can't run, can't keep runnin' away, hey hey hey
Can't keep runnin', oh, can't keep runnin'
Ooh, can't, can't keep runnin'
Can't, can't, can't, can't, can't
Can't keep runnin', can't keep, can't keep
Can't keep runnin' away
Yeah right, can't keep runnin', baby
Can't keep runnin', baby
When I look in the mirror, what do I see?
Beautiful girl with pain, with joys
With laughter, with pride and miseries
Everybody got 'em
Can't keep runnin', can't keep runnin'
Can't keep runnin'
Resistance is futile, resistance is futile
Can't keep running
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