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Leona Lewis – Run lyrics
I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Ay A Aaaaa
Ay A Aaaa Aa Aaa
Ay A Aaaaaa
Ay A Aaaa Aa Aaa

Oooo Ooo Oooo
Aaa Aaa Aaaaaaaa
Aaaaa Ohh...

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Ooooh Oooooh
Mmmmm Mmmmm
Ooooh Ooohhh Aaahh
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I'll sing it one last time for you Then we really have to go You've been the only thing that's right In all I've done And I can barely look at you But every single time I do I know we'll make it anywhere Away from here Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear Louder louder And we'll run for our lives I can hardly speak I understand Why you can't raise your voice to say To think I might not see those eyes Makes it so hard not to cry And as we say our long goodbye I nearly do Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear Louder louder And we'll run for our lives I can hardly speak I understand Why you can't raise your voice to say Ay A Aaaaa Ay A Aaaa Aa Aaa Ay A Aaaaaa Ay A Aaaa Aa Aaa Oooo Ooo Oooo Aaa Aaa Aaaaaaaa Aaaaa Ohh... Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear Louder louder And we'll run for our lives I can hardly speak I understand Why you can't raise your voice to say Ooooh Oooooh Mmmmm Mmmmm Ooooh Ooohhh Aaahh Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Gary Lightbody, Ian Archer, Jonathan Quinn, Mark McCelland, Nathan Connolly
Run lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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    mantra 2009-11-08 17:12:41
    Don't know what the song writers intended. But it certainly does it for my beloved wife and me. Her open-heart surgery was a huge shock. We packed her bag the night before. I sat with her for hour upon hour in intensive care after. She could hear me but it took her ages to come back. Back together now. But every note, every word and every inflexion of this version is so incredibly powerful for us.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2022-03-31 07:30:04
    When my daughter and her husband were expecting their baby they were living with my wife and me. Everyone was so excited when she went into labour and we took her to hospital in Bangor. She was having difficulties with the labour and it went on for several long days. Finally, the doctors said the baby had died but she still had to go through with her delivery naturally. Everyone in the world that I cared for were breaking their hearts and i watched their lives crumble to nothing. When Georgina was “Born” they laid her on my daughters bed and I remember amongst all that was happening, begging baby to wake up. I knew she couldn’t hear me but I was in total despair . This song, even after many years have passed, still has the power to break my heart every time I hear it because it seems to say everything I wanted to say to her but she could never hear.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2022-02-24 19:50:06
    I have to let go. After five years of being legally separated and living apart, his wife decided that she wants him back. They were in the process of finalizing their divorce. By this time we were dating long-distance for 3 years. The way he told me about it.... his voice... told me what I need to know. I refuse to be the next best because I'm never been married and I know I deserve to be someone's number one. It hurts so much because I love him so much. But it's for the best for both of us.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2018-11-11 02:52:32
    What does this song mean to me? My husband just died October 1. I watched him never open his eyes again, watched him drift away. I'll never see his eyes again. It broke my heart, I wanted to go with him.. I think it's about this, and she's telling him she loves him even if he can't hear her voice, he can move on and one day they may be together again. I miss you James.
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    Brianslove 2010-08-10 10:14:39
    In listening to this song, I took it to mean that she is singing about the lover she has lost to some untimely death. "though you can't hear my voice", "to think I might not see those eyes", etc. I watched the video, and it seemed as if she was entering a dark graveyard, but it was hard to tell because if it was, it was an old one, her costume was older. It is a beautiful song. The first time I heard the song, It reminded me of my 17 year old son Zack who died in a car accident in Jan 2007. Coldplay was one of his favorite bands and I was not aware they sang this song as well. I will definitely have to listen to their version. J.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2018-03-18 10:38:35
    I feel it’s about a partner standing by her lover , whom she loves dearly but who is battling with a drug addiction.(light up, light up, as if you have a choice).Hes so out of it (even if you cannot hear my voice), but she’s by his side always.Shes afraid it will end his life(to think I might not see those eyes).Feeling if she gets him away from dealers they’ll be fine & she can help him(I know we’ll make it anywhere away from here).Very special to me & poignant.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2019-09-18 00:44:05
    This song makes me think about how much my ex boyfriend and I endured together with his family against us and some people in my life too. He also struggles with an addiction that is taking him down and I’m watching him sink and trying desperately to save him. He has the most beautiful eyes so blue that I get lost in them. He’s my Soul and has a part of my heart that I haven’t given to anybody. Ah but he’s a longtime addict and in and out of jail and so sometimes I tell him let’s just run away!
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2020-01-09 01:24:04
    This song for me feels like...." When there's someone in your life and might be a partner, child, friend etc who meant more than anything one can think of" so that particular person passes away and you don't have a choice but to say goodbye and you again know that you won't see their eyes, hear their voice etc it will make it hard not to cry. If you can imagine of looking someone who's inside the coffin those last moments before you head to the graveyard and all sorts of memories spinning in your head.... the song for me it's DEEPER and every time I listen to it it makes me cry.......EVERY TIME !!!
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    waterfall4u321 2010-01-09 20:44:16
    This song and the way Leona sings it is astonishingly and breathtakingly incredible. It touched me so deeply beyond words. We need more such music and talent continuously. I sing too and I tried harmonizing with my baritone voice and my soul was stirred with such passion. It takes much talent to not only feel the music but to also feel the words you are singing. And Leona does that! Fastique! God gives us talents for a reason. God bless you Leona and Snow Patrol for sharing your talents. When Leona comes on tour I'm soo there!
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2015-11-07 15:32:12
    This song has massive meaning to me. I was staying with my daughter after she gave birth to my Grandaughter. I had been there for eight weeks as my daughter wasn't well and it was time for me to travel home as I live 160 miles away. I was cuddling my Grandaughter saying goodbye when this song came on the radio and it just seemed to say it all about my not being there for her for a while. She wouldn't hear my voice and I wouldn't see her eyes for a long while it still brings tears to my eyes four and a half years later and reminds me how precious those first few weeks were and the bond we have now is really strong even though I still live a distance away.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2013-09-28 21:59:55
    This song is so beautiful and poignant! I would say the lyrics suggest 2 lovers caught up in a civil war on opposing sides. I'm a songwriter but I'm practising this song to improve my singing. I met the love of my life in 1974 when I was 27 and he was 32. A songwriter and guitarist. Life kept us apart from 1977 but we would bump into each other occasionally. I met up with him at the end of May this year and of course we're both much older and he isn't at all well. We've kept in touch and are meeting again soon before his next heart procedure. The world may see an old man but I see the gorgeous guy I fell in love with. I'm praying that he falls in love with me again and that we can spend our golden years together. I've written some beautiful songs myself, many Leona style and hope to have some success next year.
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  • U
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    Unregistered 2012-08-17 20:52:33
    My meaning to run? I was thinking about my friend. And run described our goodbye moment. When we can't barely look at each other. Say nothing, I was just turn my head away. I wish I have looked in his eyes and say goodbye and told him that he was my best friend. Run, for me, is about the feeling when you lost someone who really important in your life. The pain that everything end up so wrong.
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    leannmolina 2009-05-23 19:12:26
    This song is amazing, the first time I heard it, I was inlove with the song. I have to spend many hours just listening on it.
    Leona. She sang it so beautifully with full of passion. Yes indeed its a song about separation of two people who truly love each other but for some odd circumstance in a wrong place, its undeniable that they have to leave. Its madness. A part of this song, there's a deep mystery. I'm trying to figure. But I can't.
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