Running Away - Jill Scott

I put my heart on the back burner

Didn't wanna face my own misery

Smiled as hard as I could

That felt so much better to me

But sometimes I couldn't sleep at night

And food and shoes couldn't curve my appetite

I couldn't think and I couldn't pray

That's what really done it do me, I was running

[Chorus]

Running away, I was running [x3]

I, I, I tried to hide inside a beautiful place

I held on to my joy, but it felt so second place

More than anything I felt afraid

Afraid to feel the pain that I myself had made

Didn't like what I had done

But I realized I was on a run

[Chorus]

Running away, I was just running [x3]

I was just running

From shadow side of the pool

It wasn't me, just a caricature

Sometimes the pain came and I ran away

Didn't wanna see

That life can be hard and ugly sometimes

That's just the way it is

But I realized I couldn't keep running

From this no, no, that's the way life goes

Everything I'm supposed to feel,

Sometimes I'm supposed to cry

Sometimes I'm supposed to be confused

Sometimes we have to ask the question

Why? why?

That's the way it's supposed to be

Nothing in life is easy

Can't keep running, running, running, running

Can't keep running, running, running, running

I can't keep running

I put my heart on the back burner

Didn't wanna face my own misery

Smiled as hard as I could

That felt so much better to me

But sometimes I couldn't sleep at night

And food and shoes couldn't curve my appetite

I couldn't think and I couldn't pray

And that's what really done it do me,

I was running

I was running, running, running

I was running, running

I was running, running, running...