Runaways
Love's Escapade: The Runaways' Journey Unveiled
Lyrics
Blonde hair blowin' in the summer wind
Describing a person with blonde hair in the summer breeze.
A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand
Depicting a blue-eyed girl playing in the sand.
I'd been on a trail for a little while
The narrator has been on a journey for a while.
But that was the night that she broke down and held my hand
The turning point when the girl breaks down and holds the narrator's hand.
The teenage rush, she said, 'maybe I'll just runaway, we got time'
The girl suggests the idea of running away due to the teenage rush and having time.
Well that ain't much...
Expressing skepticism about the feasibility of running away.
We can't wait 'til tomorrow
An urgency to not wait until tomorrow.
You gotta know that this is real, baby why you wanna fight it?
Asserting the realness of their situation, questioning why there's resistance.
It's the one thing you can choose, oh!
Highlighting that the choice to embrace their situation is within their control.
We got engaged on a Friday night
Narrator and the girl get engaged, making a commitment for a family.
I swore on the head of our unborn child that I could take care of the three of us
The narrator promises to take care of the family but acknowledges a tendency to slip.
But I got the tendency to slip when the nights get wild.
Admitting a vulnerability during wild nights.
It's in my blood
Suggesting a genetic disposition to certain behaviors.
She says she might just runaway somewhere else, some place good
The girl contemplates running away to a better place.
We can't wait 'til tomorrow
Reiteration of not waiting until tomorrow.
You gotta know that this is real, baby why you wanna fight it?
Reaffirmation of the realness of their situation and questioning resistance.
It's the one thing you can choose
Reiteration of the element of choice in their situation.
Let's take a chance baby we can't lose
Suggesting taking a chance with the potential for loss.
And we're all just runaways
Declaration that they are all runaways.
I knew that when I met you, I'm not gonna let you runaway
Expressing the commitment to not let the girl run away.
I knew that when I held you, I wasn't lettin' go
Asserting the determination to hold onto the girl.
We used to look at the stars and confess our dreams
Reflecting on past moments of sharing dreams while looking at stars.
Hold each other to the morning light
Recalling the intimacy of holding each other until morning.
We used to laugh, now we only fight
Contrasting past laughter with current conflict.
Baby are you lonesome now?
Asking if the girl feels lonely now.
At night I come home after they go to sleep
Returning home after others have gone to sleep, feeling like a haunting presence.
Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt these halls
Metaphorically describing a ghostly presence in the halls.
There's a picture of us on our wedding day
A picture of the wedding day, recognizing the girl but feeling unsettled.
I recognize the girl but I can't settle in these walls
Struggling with a sense of unease within the walls.
We can't wait 'til tomorrow
Reiteration of not waiting until tomorrow.
No we're caught up in the appeal, baby why you wanna hide it?
Caught up in the appeal, questioning the desire to hide their situation.
It's the last thing on my mind
Emphasizing that their situation is the last thing on the narrator's mind.
(Why you wanna hide it?)
Reiteration of questioning the desire to hide their situation.
I turn the engine over and my body just comes alive and we all just runaway
The narrator revs the engine, feeling alive, and emphasizing the act of running away.
I knew that when I met you, I'm not gonna let you runaway
Reiteration of the commitment to not let the girl run away.
I knew that when I held you, I wasn't lettin go, no no no!
Reaffirming the determination to not let go of the girl.
(No no no!)
Empty line, no specific meaning.
(And we're all just runaways)
Reiteration that they are all runaways.
Yeah runaway
Declaration of running away.
(And we're all just runaways)
Reiteration that they are all runaways.
Yeah
Expression of running
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