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Run by New Order

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New Order

Run

Release date: 30th January 1989

From TechniqueTrack 64:32
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'Run' by New Order is a 1989 Pop track from the album 'Technique'. The lyrics sketch a tense, pleading address, revolving around someone who will not answer, and the narrator’s attempt to push towards a way out: work your way to the top, then break your life in two, before ending on the futility of complaining. There is a clipped urgency to the questioning, the kind that keeps circling the same wound: “Why won't you answer me?”.

"Run" is a track by New Order, from the album Technique, released 30th January 1989. The track is 4:32 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about New Order.

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New Order

New Order

Lyrics

Run

Answer me
Why won't you answer me?
I can't recall the day
That I last heard from you

Well you don't get a town like this for nothing
So here's what you've got to do
You work your way to the top of the world
Then you break your life in two

Well what's the use in complaining
When you've got what you don't need
Anyone would think you were hard done to
What do you want me to believe?

What the hell is happening
I can't think of everything
I don't know what day it is
Or who I'm talking to

But I know that I'm okay
'Cause you're here with me today
I haven't got a single problem
Now that I'm with you

So what's the use in complaining
When you've got everything you need
Anyone would think you were hard done to
What do you want me to believe?

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Track details

From Technique

4:321989
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Album
Technique
Technique
New Order
30th January 1989
Track number
6
Release year
1989
  1. 1Fine Time
    4:44
  2. 2All the Way
    3:25
  3. 3Love Less
    3:04
  4. 4Round & Round
    4:32

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