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Runaway

from Before Now by Tai Shan

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Tai Shan, Tai Shan Music, taishanmusic, Female, Seattle, Guitar, Alto Flute, Flute, Double Bass, Drums, Shaunessey Scott, Elsa Nilson, Pat Mckenna, Tai shan and the Blue Dawn, Indie Rock, orignal songwriter, songwriter,

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It’s a story that you didn’t intent to tell
Heartache you threw like a penny in a wishing well
It’s the moment you stand in front of your grave and say
I can’t run any longer

It was in your stomach and you eat it as a child
You wanted to tame it but it was too damn wild
Fear and insecurity was hung on old clothes racks
Never to come back

And now it haunts you, stares back from your daughter’s eyes
You wanted to tame it but it was too damn wild
You can’t stop it can’t watch it as it suddenly arises
You want desperately to watch it wash away
But time is an ocean
Emotion a wave

Chorus:
We all have our demons running round here inside
Keeps us alive
And it’s so hard to face
But I know you’ll survive
If you runaway from yesterday


Memories drown me as he mentions the word
How can a flame remain when it wouldn’t burn
The sky is falling as the sparrows fly south
And I’m without a doubt

I can still feel the dirt beneath my nails
The smell of midnight
Inside that hotel
I can’t face it so my mind slips away to yesterday

Theirs not a damn thing I can do but fight the tears
Regrets too good a word for all those years
Sometimes I feel as though the sun has gone away
And I’m stuck here in yesterday

Chorus:

You thought it would fade, rust with time
You forget how long a monster can stay alive
You want the world to just stand still but you can’t run away from yesterday

Chorus

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from Before Now, released December 31, 2005
Tai Shan- Vocals, Guitar
Shaunessey Scott- Bass
Pat Mckenna - Drums
Elsa Nilson- Flute

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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