I'm Not Running

Somehow, over the first few months of this year (2014), I have discovered that there is less and less that I want to say in introduction to the songs I am posting here.

(And yes, don't worry, I can hear your collective sighs of relief.)

And I'm not entirely sure why - I just know that I have curtailed my verbosity, which may just turn out to be the best thing.  But I guess what I can say about this song is that it was born almost two months ago, when my closest friend was going through some difficulty (though he never told me quite what it was), and also when I was in the process of learning that even the most beautiful people have some of the ugliest secrets.

And in those cases, it is so hard to curb the impulse to shut people out.

I'm Not Running

you say that you're no stranger to darkness
you've been brought to your knees so much it's hard now for you to stand
and it might be easy to hide from this
but you say every hardship you've faced has made you into a man

PRE-CHORUS:
please don't say it's hard to look at me
we've all been through something
and in case you haven't noticed by now

CHORUS:
I'm not running
I haven't hit the ground trying to get away
I'm not gonna leave,
don't you worry about me
I'm not running, so you and I will stay

you should know I'd go through it all with you
I'm not just another thing you need to be afraid will break
and if you ever don't know what to do
I'll always be here, wanting to help you try to find the right words to say

PRE-CHORUS:
please don't say it's hard to look at me
we've all been through something
and in case you haven't noticed by now

CHORUS:
I'm not running
I haven't hit the ground trying to get away
I'm not gonna leave,
don't you worry about me
I'm not running, so you and I will stay

BRIDGE:
here, where no one else can hurt you
because I promise I never will want to
and if you ever do see me running,
I'll only be running, running toward you

PRE-CHORUS:
please don't say it's hard to look at me
we've all been through something
and in case you haven't noticed by now

in case you haven't noticed by now
(crescendo)

CHORUS:
I'm not running
I haven't hit the ground trying to get away
I'm not gonna leave,
don't you worry about me
I'm not running, so you and I will stay

here, where no one else can hurt you,
because I promise I never will want to
and if you ever do see me running,
I'll only be running toward you

toward you...

It's been a while, I think, since I've done a song with a pre-chorus.  Oh, how things change.

Even if sometimes, you wished they didn't.

Much love, and thank you for the musik.

And no one knows that you cry, but you don't tell anyone that you might not be the golden one.