Running by DigitalMonday - Zona

Running by DigitalMonday - Zona

Lyrics

[Clean, slightly detuned guitar. Light tape hiss.]

[Spoken, barely above a whisper]

I thought I was fighting for truth.

I was just avoiding it.

[VERSE 1 (soft, confessional)]

I kept my headphones in too long

Let the feedback drown the ache

Said I hated all the noise

But I was scared of what it’d take

Every time the room went quiet

I’d reach for something else

Another argument to start

So I wouldn’t face myself

I blamed buildings, blamed the stage

Blamed the faces, blamed the names

But underneath the smoke and rage

I was terrified of change

[PRE-CHORUS (drums build)]

If I slowed down

If I stood still

I might have had to bend my will

[CHORUS (big, emotional)]

I was running from the quiet

Running from the weight

Running from the voice that said

You don’t have to live this way

I said I don’t need saving

I said I’m wide awake

But I was sprinting from conviction

Every time my chest would shake

I wasn’t brave

I wasn’t strong

I was just scared of being wrong

[VERSE 2 (heavier guitars underneath)]

I called my anger clarity

I called my pride resolve

If I could tear it all apart

I’d never have to evolve

I’d rather deconstruct the walls

Than let them fall on me

If everything is broken

Then I don’t have to see

That I was numb

That I was cold

That I was fighting just to hold

Control of something slipping slow

[PRE-CHORUS (harder)]

If I admitted I was lost

I’d lose the version that it cost

[CHORUS (bigger, screams layered)]

I was running from the quiet

Running from the truth

Running from the steady pull

Breaking through

I said I don’t need mercy

I said I’m doing fine

But every step away from You

Was just fear dressed up as mine

I wasn’t brave

I wasn’t strong

I was just scared of being wrong

[BREAKDOWN (panic energy)]

[Scream]

If I stop, I’ll hear it

If I hear it, I’ll bend

If I bend, I’ll lose

The image I defend

[Half-time chugs]

So I ran

So I ran

So I ran

[FINAL CHORUS (open, honest)]

I was running from the quiet

But the quiet never chased

It was patient in the corner

Waiting for the space

I said I don’t need saving

But I was worn thin

I wasn’t running from You—

I was running from giving in.

[OUTRO (clean, vulnerable)]

I was wrong.

I just didn’t want to admit it.