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Artist: Anberlin
Canonical path: /anberlin/the-runaways
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The Runaways
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Runaways
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Come closer now
I know your desire is to be desired
Steal a kiss and call us friends
Distance is a theif in which you conspire
Time and time and time will tell
Time will tell or tear us apart
You're miles and miles and miles away
Silence reveals where we really are
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you runaway
Runaway girl
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you runaway
Runaway girl
Runaway, runaway girl
It's clearer now
You're no where into giving
Giving into, giving into me
It's your fault
You're like a rare disease
I know you're in love with love
I believe
Time and time and time will tell
Time will tell or tear us apart
You're miles and miles and miles away
Silence reveals where we really are
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you runaway
Runaway girl
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you runaway
Runaway girl
Runaway, runaway girl
Do you expect me to wait here?
All alone in my thoughts and fears
My whole life could flash before your eyes
Hope one day that you realize
This isn't the way it's supposed to be
This is who I crown now without me
Your regrets from us built up inside
Great space for you, love buried alive
Buried alive
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you runaway
Runaway girl
You only stayed to break my heart
I can tell it by the way you runaway
Runaway girl
Runaway, runaway girl
I only stayed to break your heart
You can tell it by the way I walk away
Runaway girl
I only stayed to break your heart
You can tell it by the way I run away
Runaway girl
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