Lyrics Analysis

We Won't Run - Sarah Blasko

Pages turning,

lights are burning,

see what you could not see.

As plain as the day,

the night makes you pay,

for what was hidden underneath.

Longing to leave,

but begging to feel,

that something will make you stay.

You gotta believe,

that this all leads,

to somewhere we've never been.

We won't run,

we can fight,

all that keeps us up at night.

There is far,

to go now,

let's not waste a minute more,

in denial.

But I always thought,

you knew yourself,

better than anyone.

But the season was lost,

when you started listening,

to everyone else.

Cast in this devil,

I've got the metal,

the means to make things right.

Tired of guilt,

tired of being sorry,

haven't we suffered enough?

We won't run,

we can fight,

all that keeps us up at night.

There is far, x2

to go now,

let's not waste a minute more.

But oh,

that our eyes, x4

will be open.

We won't run,

we can fight,

all that keeps us up at night.

There is far,

to go now,

let's not waste a minute more.

We won't fear,

we can fight,

all that we can bring to light.

There is far,

to go now,

let's not waste a minute more.

We won't run,

we can fight,

all that keeps us up at night.

There is far,

to go now,

let's not waste a minute more.

Of our lives,

our lives, x2

our lives.

My stanza analysis:

• Learning something new
• Facing reality
• Wants to move on but doesn't have the courage to do so
• She thought he was different as he had stood out the crowd for her
• She is fed up of blaming herself

In this song, the story tells us about a girl who was in a relationship where her partner made her feel guilty about something or that something happened in the past that hasn't been solved. Now after time, she has realised that it was her fault and is fed up of putting up with his grief. She is now ready to face reality because she can now see what type of person he really is and wants to move on, however he is not. She wants to feel happy again, and to do so, she leaves him behind despite her reluctance to forget the past.