Lyrics for Easier To Run as interpreted by ruben

Easier To Run Lyrics
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone
Something has been taken
From deep inside of me
A secret I've kept locked away
No one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show,
They never go away
Like moving pictures in my head
For years and years they've played
If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could
Stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave I would
If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could
Stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone
Sometimes I remember
The darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories
I wish I didn't have
Sometimes I think of letting go
And never looking back
And never moving forward so
There would never be a past
If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could
Stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave I would
If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could
Stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave
Just washing it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
Is so much simpler than change
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone
It's easier to run
If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made
It's easier to go
If I could change I would
Take all the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all the shame to the grave

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ssjprincessbura
06-11-2003

Rated +2 
To me, this song is about pushing away your past. Something horrible happened, so you "run" from it, instead of facing it and overcoming it. But in reality, all you want to do is erase it. Erase the guilt, pain, and everything else. But you can't. So you avoid it.

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maski2002
06-12-2003

Rated 0 
Great song, I listen to it a lot when I'm stressed out. I kind of took it as almost hoping to just run away from life for awhile - the past, the present, the future. Just get away from the everyday frusterations for awhile - some stemming from the past. Just my thoughts!

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Gstring11
06-12-2003

Rated 0 
I LOVE this song! One of my favorites that LP has done. I think we've all felt like this at one time or another.

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Chipmunk777
06-12-2003

Rated +1 
i think this song is about having problems, with past, present, and future, etc =P but no one will listen to you, to help you with them, so you just repress the feelings you have, and just run away. like most lp songs, i love this song, and i can relate to it (well, at least my strange meanings to their songs =P).

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strykerchick
06-13-2003

Rated +1 
The best song on Meteora.

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Maxleetis
06-15-2003

Rated 0 
Like Chipmunk777 said "no one will listen to you, to help you with them" instead of facing them, Its easier to run. To bury the memories. To change. To hate what you were. Having something terrerible happened to you. Be a funning stock. To have a bunch of shame. This song has so much mean. Sometime a feel the pain the inflicted in this song, these lyrics are so strong.

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thewhitepony33
06-27-2003

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"If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would"

i love the way that the vocals build up on themselves during that part...

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Megaman-Exe
06-30-2003

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I agree with that last comment, have you ever tried to say that the way Mike does? It's quite difficult to keep up at that point, he's definitely one of the greats at what he does, he always manages to capture the tone of the songs.

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MikkiMouse
07-06-2003

Rated 0 
I LOVE the bit near the end:
"Just washing it aside,
All of the helplessness inside,
Pretending I dont feel misplaced,
Is so much simpler than change"
It's so true- when something happens, you just wanna forget about it instead of having to deal with it and pretend you're okay. Mike is an amazing MC, and Chester has a great voice! He really can scream!!

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NlCOLE
05-01-2004

Rated 0 
this is pretty much just trying to start over though you know it all comes back to bite you in the ass...

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Chihiro
05-16-2004

Rated 0 
i love this song!!!! the lyrics are brilliant!!!

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jenlovesmusic
05-23-2004

Rated 0 
this song ALWAYS makes me sing along! when it gets to the 'just washing it aside..' bit i just cant help but sing along.but anyway i think its about makin so many mistakes you wish u cud turn back time,re-do everything and how much its hard to change everything you have done you would rather run away n pretend it never happened.because in many aspects of life it is very hard to forgive and forget,people bare grudges and everythin about your past just makes u cringe,i love this song so much because ther isnt ever a time that i havent ever wanted to change something about my past,id rather wish everyone would forget about it yet failing to prove myself any longer.top song

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mink0
06-07-2004

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Here's hoping they perform this masterpiece at PR:04!

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riotingpacifist
06-30-2004

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It's easier to run, Replacing this pain with something numb, It's so much easier to go, Than face all this pain here all alone
It's easier to numb yourself and pretend your pain + problems arent there, than to face them when noone is there for you except yourself.
Something has been taken, From deep inside of me, A secret I've kept locked away, No one can ever see, Wounds so deep they never show, They never go away, Like moving pictures in my head, For years and years they've played
His pain is his secret, because it's pain inside its so deep that nobody can ever see it, and because its emotional pain it never seems to go away. And like a sequence that gets stuck in your mind it just keeps going.
If I could change I would, Take back the pain I would, Retrace every wrong move that I made I would, If I could stand up and take the blame I would, I would take all my shame to the grave
If he could take back everything that made him hurt so bad, he would, no matter what the cost.
Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past, Bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have, Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back, And never moving forward so there would never be a past
He remembers the things that happened in his past and it brings memories of things he wishes desperately to get rid of. Sometimes he wants to kill himself (letting go and never looking back) and since he would be dead, he wouldnt be moving forward so a past wouldnt be formed. (at least thats what this line means to me, my mom thinks otherwise)
Just washing it aside, All of the helplessness inside, pretending I don't feel misplaced, Is so much simpler than change
He feels helpless against the pain so he pushes it aside, and pretends that everything is okay, because he feels that pretending the problems arent there is easier than facing them.
This is definately one of their best songs, and it holds an extremely strong meaning for me, I felt all too much like this every day growing up with an abusive parent, and now that he's gone this song is kind of like a form of therapy and helps me deal with the past. (now that you all think i'm crazy..)

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Der_Bulle
09-29-2004

Rated 0 
Ignorance is bliss.
That's what this song basically means. Turning your back on your problems is so much easier then solving them. Pretending you're OK will make you accepted by everyone, admitting you have problems won't. Everybody has problems, but only a few face them. It's so much easier to run, also to run from people who force you to face them.
But ignorance won't last forever, solve your problems now (this is my advice ;) ).

Btw I always have to sing along with this song, it so awesome. And: I always succeed at rapping along with Mike. True :).
Sorry for the bad English

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Ondjage
10-12-2004

Rated 0 
This song is wonderfull. It's probably one of the best song in the whole world... I dont know what they mean with this song but it's so fucking great...

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Firngaladian
10-16-2004

Rated 0 
I don't really like this song. I mean, it sounds good, but I don't like the lyrics.

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Froggie Kid
10-16-2004

Rated 0 
Once again this song I can so relate to and it scares me......its like they know my problems.Or as if they know me from the inside....*looks around and gets paranoid*

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AHAD NAZIR
11-02-2004

Rated 0 
i thinks its about how i went through life and how i got fucked up so much in life and someone frm da LP bandmembers was too

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maggotface
11-03-2004

Rated 0 
The line "It's so much easier to run/go" has been stuck on my mind for quite some time but just today found out which song it was. Anyway, it's a great song about not thinking of all the shit going on in your life.

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T1dlWvsR1pThruM3
11-17-2004

Rated 0 
'replacing this pain with something numb'... ive noticed that a lot of linkin park songs, i can relate them with my cutting. that line especially. i kno many people can say drugs or alcohol too. no one wants to deal with their problems so they do stuff so they can forget... or try to at least.

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ForgottenAngel17
11-25-2004

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This song just means basically what everyone else is saying.. running away from problems. Running away from things you can't control or change. At least that's what I think because whenever I'm in a situation like that I think of this song.. because instead of admitting that everything is going out of control.. it's just easier to run away from it.

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BlinkMM182
03-20-2005

Rated 0 
I thought I remember seeing in an interview that this song was about Chester's past...(abused as a child maybe?) I dont remember...but its definately a powerful song.

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fallen_angel_234
03-30-2005

Rated 0 
this song is fucking amazing. soundtrack to my life.

"Sometimes I think of letting go
And never looking back
And never moving forward so
There would never be a past "

best part of the song. it's about not being able to deal with all the shit your faced with in life and just wanting to get away from it all.

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Nicky55555
04-16-2005

Rated 0 
Linkin Park and Papa Roach are so much more intelligent and nice than Limp Shitkit, Korn, and Shitknot! This song is so real, it's about someone's life being full of problems and sorrow, and how the person believes it's easier to escape and run from all the problems and darkness in his/her life, rather than facing them head-on. I listen to this song whenever things aren't going my way, and it brings tears to my eyes.

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