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Running Away

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

James Arthur

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

James Arthur

Songwriter

George Tizzard

Songwriter

Rick Parkhouse

Songwriter

Wayne Hector

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Red Triangle

Producer

Erik Madrid

Mixing Engineer

Aaron Berman

Assistant Engineer

Augustine Lim

Assistant Engineer

Randy Merrill

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I wanna smoke till I can't wake up

Self-medicate when I light that paper (Paper)

I'm less scared with a cloud of vapor

Get so high I tell demons "See you later"

You lose yourself, you lose your way

They lie to you, you take the bait

Just another way to take the pain

Life's tough, I'm hopin' it'll fade

Guess I'll never learn to take the blame

[Chorus]

I'm always runnin' away

I'm always runnin' away, away, away from me

I'm always runnin' away, ah

I'm always runnin' away, away, away from me

I'm always runnin' away

[Verse 2]

I made one too many bad decisions

Head was full of other wrong opinions

And you don't believe in the song you've been singin'

It's time to get back to you in the beginnin'

I was just chillin', I was just livin'

Buildin' a zoo in my bedroom with Dylan

I was just rappin' as human

I'm killin' even when they told me to stick to the singin'

[PreChorus]

You lose yourself, you lose your way

They lie to you, you take the bait

Just another way to take the pain

Life's tough, I'm hopin' it'll fade

Guess I'll never learn to take the blame

[Chorus]

I'm always runnin' away

I'm always runnin' away, away, away from me

I'm always runnin' away, ah

I'm always runnin' away, away, away from me

I'm always runnin' away

[PostChorus]

I'm runnin'

I'm runnin'

Yeah

I'm runnin'

[Chorus]

I'm always runnin' away

I'm always runnin' away, away, away from me

I'm always runnin' away, ah

I'm always runnin' away, away, away from me

I'm always runnin' away

[PostChorus]

I'm always runnin'

I'm always runnin'

Yeah

I'm always runnin'

I'm runnin'

I'm always runnin', yeah

Written by: George Tizzard, James Arthur, Rick Parkhouse, Wayne Hector

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