The Runner & The Lover

from The Runner, The Ends, The Space Between by Dan DiMonte

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lyrics

10. The Runner and the Lover
Dan DiMonte

There’s a window down on Gilbert Street where time and space can finally meet
The Runner speeds right by and doesn’t realize that it calls his name
Runner run run run away, Runner run run run away
Run away, ‘cause you know that you can’t stay

The Runner’s got a Lover that he’s been seeing for quite some time now
And her heart is charred with all the scars of flames he’s burned before
She holds on for what he’s been, holds on for what he’ll be again
Someday, but she can only stay for so long

The Runner felt the familiar aura of entrapment and jealousy
And he ran away to the whores from whence he came
The empty gestures of greener pastures that seemed so different and free
Were never worth it, and burned him all the same.

The Runner awoke in the gutter, his head spinning like a dime
His clothes were wet with the evening’s sweat and regret came across his mind
He tried his very best to get up from the mess
But he couldn’t, couldn’t shake off all the grime
It seemed the runner was running out of time

Then he crawled his way across the alley, his body folding in the morning heat
And he stood upright in the summer light and then he found he was standing on Gilbert Street
The window called his name, he saw his rugged shame
And realized the one place he should be
Is with her, away from poisonous memories

Runner run run run away
Runner run run run away
Run run run away
Run run run away (Run away run away)
Run run run away (Run away run away)
Run run run away (Run away run away)
Run run run away (Run away run away)

The traffic signs and power lines were flying by as he ran away
From the life that he had suddenly decided to throw away
And he opened up the door
To find the girl that he loved before
To find a note left by the phone
To find he was nothing to dwell on
To find that she’d already gone

credits

from The Runner, The Ends, The Space Between, released April 18, 2014
Dan DiMonte - Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Electric Guitar, Trumpet
Dan Padley - Electric Guitar
Jonathan Birdsall - Tenor Sax
Robert Monroe - Keyboards
Blake Shaw - Bass Guitar
Emily Roane - Drums