The Runaway

DREY

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Backstory

The EP's emotional climax. A toast to the mess you've made and the person you've been. Kanye's Runaway was 9 minutes of owning your flaws — this is that same brutal honesty condensed into the rawest track on the project.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Raise a glass to every bridge I burned
Every lesson I refused until the universe confirmed
I ran from every city, every name, every bed
Ran so far from who I was I forgot who I am instead
Orchestra swelling like the mess I made
Every violin a person that I should've stayed for
Every cello is a sorry I recorded way too late

[Chorus]
Here's to the runaway
Still running but I'm facing forward now
Here's to the runaway
I broke it all and somehow built a crown
From the wreckage, from the mess
From the worst of me, I gave my best
Here's to the runaway

[Verse 2]
I owe apologies in seven different time zones
Left pieces of myself in places I can't drive home
But every scar's a stamp in a passport I earned
Every fire I set became a lesson finally learned
So this is me, standing in the ashes, tuxedo on
Conducting chaos into something beautiful

[Bridge]
I'm sorry to the ones who loved me right
When I was only good at leaving
This toast is yours as much as mine

[Outro]
To the runaway... still running
But at least now I know where home is