Mmm-mm, oh—

Da-da-da, mmh

Run, run…

⸻

You never said you’d stay forever

But you gave me something clear to hold

I wore my silence like a sweater

And watched the days grow out of control

We used to talk like we were dancing

In halfway truths, but full intent

You took the long way back to meaning

And I took time just to pretend

⸻

And I don’t need to know your reasons

Not all hearts write down their names

But I kept yours behind my eyelids

Every morning felt the same

⸻

But I run into the bright

Like it never broke me

Even when the light

Tries to overexpose me

I move through what we were

With a song that chose me

I run into the bright—

With the version I owe me

⸻

You left your jacket in the foyer

Like you knew you wouldn’t be long

But months went past in shapeless hours

And I rewrote all of your songs

Now every verse has grown its edges

But I still trace the lines you made

Where we fell was never simple

But not all beauty needs to fade

⸻

I run into the bright

Like it never broke me

Even when the light

Tries to overexpose me

I move through what we were

With a song that chose me

I run into the bright—

With the version I owe me

⸻

I won’t wait for you to ask

This is me without the mask

Every scar became a path

And I’m learning not to look back

⸻

I run, I run, I run

Into the bright

(I run, I run)

Into the bright…