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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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