Lyrics
Wake up in the morning
Beginning the day
Put your favorite flower on
Place a favorite flower as a positive start
Flowers never growing on the island that you're on
Symbolizing struggles and challenges on an isolated island
Fragile in the evening, overnight you fall apart
Fragility in the evening, vulnerability emerging overnight
And wake up in the morning just to run
Repeatedly engaging in a routine of running
Don't know where you're going, can't remember who you are
Lost, uncertain of destination and identity
Keep what isn't broken, holding on and hoping hard
Preserving what is intact, holding onto hope
Truth is I've been wishing in your name right from the start
Expressing wishes and emotions from the beginning
Twice a day and lately on a star
Consistent desires, possibly with a celestial reference
I know that you've been running, running, running, running, running from yourself
Acknowledging a pattern of running away from oneself
To hear that coming, coming, coming, coming from somebody else
Expecting criticism or advice from others
You just keep running, running, running 'til your icy island melts
Persistently running until personal barriers dissolve
But you don't have to run from me
Assuring someone they don't need to escape
You can run to me
Offering support and understanding
Wake up in the morning
A new day begins again
Put your favorite record on
Playing a preferred music selection
Thought you planned on staying
Misinterpreting intentions or commitments
Guess I got the lyrics wrong
Realizing a mistake in understanding
You and I, I swear are something different
Emphasizing a unique and special connection
Come on, trust
Encouraging trust and vulnerability
I'll give up my body for the love
Willingness to sacrifice for love
Subject of my existential dreams in glacier blue
Existential thoughts colored in a serene blue
Sorry I'm so sentimental but it's only true
Admitting sentimental feelings as genuine
I don't know what to do with all my feelings about you
Confusion about handling intense emotions
I can't run 'em off the way you do
Unable to cope with emotions as effectively as the other person
Yeah I know that you've been running, running, running, running, running from yourself
Reiterating the theme of evading oneself
To hear that coming, coming, coming, coming from somebody else
Anticipating judgment or advice from external sources
You just keep running, running, running 'til your icy island melts
Continuing to escape until barriers dissolve
But you don't have to run from me
Reassuring someone they don't need to run away
You can run to me
Offering a safe haven for the person
Running
Repetition of the theme of running
Running
-Running
-Running
-Running
-Running
-Running
-Running
-You should be running like you're dancing through an endless field of clover
Suggesting a joyful and carefree way of running
With somebody who has hands that make you feel like it's midsummer
With someone who brings warmth and comfort
Someone somewhere is your reason and the air you can breathe in
Emphasizing the importance of a significant connection
So if you're gonna run then run to him
Encouraging seeking solace in a specific person
You should be running like you're flying
Running with the freedom and elation of flying
Over your midnight sunlit wildflower island
Over a beautiful and tranquil environment
Cause somewhere out there is your freedom, somebody to believe in
Finding freedom and belief in someone else
And if I'm not him I hope you find who is
Expressing humility if the speaker isn't the solution
So you'll stop running from yourself
Encouraging self-acceptance and halting the escape
How's it feel to hear that coming from somebody else
Asking about the impact of advice from others
You'll just keep running 'til your icy island melts
Continuing the cycle until personal barriers melt
But you don't have to run from me
Reassuring that running is unnecessary with the speaker
You can run to me
Inviting the person to seek refuge in the speaker
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