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The Runner

from The Devil Tree EP by Fossil

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lyrics

the last time anyone saw her she was running that marathon
headed for the finish line
wish someone could've told her in time
how could she have known that for the last year she was training to die

i knew her as the girl next door
she used babysit my kid sister and i
all day long we'd play on the floor

and when i saw them carry her into that grave
i wished all those memories would just go away
cause the good times are the hardest to shake

and if i could see her I'd tell her
you remind me of that innocent time
before all the bad luck
and the midnight drives
because you once looked out for me
and who was there for you
at the end
when you were runnin
no idea what was comin

where's the world that once held you
the world that knew you
i still sing your life to the wind that calls for you

your daddy told the church you were his only one
and he loved to watch you run
but i always wondered what you were running from
when you'd pass our house under that fading sun

and did you think i'd become this way
smoking dimes and white every single day
full of rage
filled with pain
and at the end did the lord call your name

this life means nothing if like that you can be taken away
all for runnin a race
trying to get somewhere
trying to find your place

whoever dropped that bomb that day
they can take your life
but they can't take you away
cause all of us still remember you every day

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from The Devil Tree EP, released July 7, 2013
words and voice by fossil
beat by two bicycles

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