Run Ahead

YOU WANNA SING OUT LOUD,
LIKE AIDO-ANNIE
YOU WANNA FROLIC WITH THE WORLD
YOU’RE LOOKING BACK
AT ALL THE HARD YEARS THAT YOU WANNA LEAVE BEHIND

YOU’RE KEEPING A MIDNIGHT VIGIL,
AND JOURNALING THE THOUGHTS
THAT ARE LOCKED DOWN DEEP INSIDE OF YOU
YOU ROAM THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR AN EMPTY ROOM IN WHICH TO CRY IN

I SET YOU UP, THEN I LET YOU DOWN,
SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW RIGHT NOW
I PROMISE IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND

RUN AHEAD AND I’LL FIND YOU
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND I’LL CATCH YOU
TAKE YOUR LEAP I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU THIS TIME

TAKE A TRIP I’LL GUIDE YOU
HITCH A RIDE I’LL DRIVE YOU
RUN AHEAD I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU THIS TIME

D-DAY CAME, I PROMISED YOU THAT I’D SET THE WORLD A RIGHT
ERASE AND FIX THINGS,
AND TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

I’VE SEEN THE WORLD,
RANGED FAR AND WIDE
WHILE YOU STAYED HOME
AND BALANCED EVERY PLATE
THIS FRANTIC BONDING
IS MORE THAN JUST A PHASE
WE PASS THROUGH

I’LL PICK YOU UP,
I WON’T LET YOU DOWN,
BUT YOU AUGHT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW, THAT
I PROMISE I’LL BE DIFFERENT
THIS TIME AROUND

RUN AHEAD, RUN AHEAD OF ME THIS TIME
RUN AHEAD, RUN AHEAD OF ME THIS TIME

CHASE A MUSE WE CAN SING TO
JOIN A CAUSE I’LL MARCH WITH YOU
RUN AHEAD
I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU THIS TIME

'Run Ahead' Copyright @ 2009 Joey Shaheen