Runaway
i was skimming through all my folders and found a folder full of songs i’d wrote and most of them i’d completely forgotten about! how sad…
this is one of the better ones.
Runaway
I’ve been hiding a secret,
A secret that led me long,
I ran away from home one day,
And no one knew that I’d gone.
I said I was going away now,
And don’t wait up for me,
I begged her not to worry,
Because I won’t be back for tea.
I fled through the fields behind my home,
Carrying no bag but a lie on my tongue,
I ran and ran ‘til it hurt my bones,
And itched my burning lungs,
And all of a sudden I was free,
I found a path that I could follow,
The light shined upon it to see,
And I stopped feeling hollow.
Before I knew it, it was late,
I curled up as it grew dark,
The wind screamed and blistered,
And the trees were now spindled and stark.
I heard a noise in the overgrowth,
And I daren’t wait to find,
What was waiting for me in the darkness;
In the back of my mind.
I fled through the fields behind my home,
Carrying no bag but a lie on my tongue,
I ran and ran ‘til it hurt my bones,
And itched my burning lungs.
And when I knew that I was free,
And had found a path to follow,
Though this light shines I fail to see
How it will last me from feeling hollow.
So I ran back down the path,
The dusty darkened way,
The moon cast little light,
And I knew I couldn’t stay.
So I ran back home to my mother,
Who had loved me all along,
But after a while of running,
I saw that the path had gone.
I could not find my way home,
I would not see her face,
The path came to an abrupt stop,
And I then felt out of place.
This would be my home now,
Though home I could hardly say,
Because I was young and foolish,
I must now live this way.
