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 anaysis 

• Saying that you’re learning something new and gaining knowledge

• Wanting to move on but too scared to actually make the leap of faith. You want to be held back by something so you don’t have to make that choice.

• Facing your demons and overcoming something in the past so to not leave it to fester. Accepting reality

• I thought you were different but clearly you’re not. As times gone past you’ve lost what I liked in you. You’ve followed the crowd

• I tired of feeling like it’s my fault. I will overcome this

• I can see clearly now

In a nutshell the song tells a story about someone who was in a relationship where her partner made her feel guilty about something/ something happened in the past that wasn’t resolved. Now after time she realises it was her fault and is fed up of putting up with his grief. She’s ready to face reality because she can 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.