Price of Loving (What We're Running From)

It's a lot easier to read when it's set t the music I'm writing, but for now, this is a song about wanderlust, what pushes one into it, and its detriments to introverted and intertwined souls.

Let's turn into runaways,
Turn bathroom tiles into the states,
And drive across the country just to crash in the tub.
Let's be stupid, catch sun rays,
Romanticize the Everglades
Like everyone, and we'll become
What we're running from.

And yes the city lights are great,
But have you seen the seaside late
At night when the houselights
Shudder in the rain?
I know the movies sell it so
We all think that we're meant to go
But I don't think we ever meant to pay
The price of loving
That comes with scanning
The bar code on your wrist;
The lines are thick and thin.
And of all these things I'm certain of
I'm not quite sure what constitutes love
But I know it shouldn't batter people like it does
And I don't trust.

And for hours
I see the same things over and over and over again,
And for hours
I breathe the same air over and over and over again,
And for hours
I die in infinitesimal pieces every second that goes by.

And yes the city lights are great,
But have you seen the seaside late
At night when the houselights
Shudder in the rain?
I know the movies sell it so
We all think that we're meant to go
But I don't think we ever meant to pay
The price of loving
That comes with scanning
The bar code on your wrist;
The lines are thick and thin.
And of all these things I'm certain of
I'm not quite sure what constitutes love
But I know it shouldn't batter people like it does
And I don't trust.

We've got so far to go to get away from home,
Holding hands to find a new angel that's unmuted,
Getting chills from fireplaces,
Holding candles to our faces,
Finding thoughts that have yet to be refuted,
We've got so long to go, so long to go, long to go.

And yes the city lights are great,
But have you seen the seaside late
At night when the houselights
Shudder in the rain?
I know the movies sell it so
We all think that we're meant to go
But I don't think we ever meant to pay
The price of loving
That comes with scanning
The bar code on your wrist;
The lines are thick and thin.
And of all these things I'm certain of
I'm not quite sure what constitutes love
But I know it shouldn't batter people like it does
And I don't trust.

We can find little shacks in which to hold our heads
While our hearts are busy tangling over all the ends.

Let's turn into runaways,
Turn bathroom tiles into the states,
And drive across the country just to crash in the tub.

And yes the city lights are great,
But have you seen the seaside late
At night when the houselights
Shudder in the rain?
I know the movies sell it so
We all think that we're meant to go
But I don't think we ever meant to pay
The price of loving
That comes with scanning
The bar code on your wrist;
The lines are thick and thin.
And of all these things I'm certain of
I'm not quite sure what constitutes love
But I know it shouldn't batter people like it does
And I don't trust.

And we'll become what we're running from.

Reviews

[@zeewhykay]

Wow. After the first stanza, I wanted to just write to you and tell you this is AWESOME. Then I thought... Yann Yann.. relax... read it all, and then write a decent review ! I wish I could hear the melody, I might even be able to imagine it. You wrote this delicately well. I see a bit of myself in this piece too, atleast in the way you have written it out. These are great lyrics, Great write !

[Authoress]

Thank you so much! This is the nicest thing! My band and I are working on music, I can link to the video when it's up in a couple weeks?