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Run (live acoustic)

by StanLei

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Live studio session recorded at Lindo Guitars HQ, Bristol.

A different studio version of this track appears on Bassless EP (2019).

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I'm light and darkness
Walking on the surface
Where shadows crawl
And good intentions fall

Stuck in a circle tightening
Closed in by my vices
When that black cloud comes over me
Darkness is all I see

My tears live close to my eyes
And though I don't have to tell you why I cry
It's those old classics they make you realise
Just how precious is this old thing we call life

We all are what we are
Somehow I grew up scared
Of my own shadow and what was in my head
Telling me run, run
All I want is to be free
To cherish that strength made from my own speed
It told me run, run
We got to be free
To use that strength made from our own speed

Life kills us slowly
And death means we were alive
And yet mostly we live as if death means another life

Me I'm living aimlessly
Caught between
Comfortable slumps and ego rushes

And yes my tears live close behind my eyes
And no I don't have to tell you why I cry
It's those old classics they make you realise
Just how precious is this old thing we call life

We all are what we are
Somehow I grew up scared
Of my own shadow and what was in my head
Telling me run, run
All I want is to be free
To cherish that strength made from my own speed
It told me run, run
We got to be free
To use that strength made from our own speed

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released January 1, 2014
Composed and performed by StanLei.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by James Maggs.

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StanLei Toulouse, France

Folk roots, bedroom beats + cello.
UK-made, Toulouse-based 🇫🇷

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