I've got my things packed
My favorite pillow
Got my sleeping bag
Climb out the window
All the pictures and pain
I left behind
All the freedom and fame
I've gotta find
And I wonder
How long it'll take them to notice that I'm gone
And I wonder
How far it'll take me

To run away
It don't make any sense to me
Run away
This life makes no sense to me
Run away
It don't make any sense to me
Run away
It don't make any sense to me

I was just trying to be myself
Have it your way; I'll meet you in hell
It's all these secrets that I shouldn't tell
I've got to run away
It's hypocritical of you
Do as you say, not as you do
I'll never be your perfect girl
I've got to run away

I'm too young to be
Taken seriously
But I'm too old to believe
All this hypocrisy
And I wonder
How long it'll take them to see my bed is made
And I wonder
If I was a mistake

I might have nowhere left to go
But I know that I cannot go home
These words are strapped inside my head
Tell me to run before I'm dead
Chase the rainbows in my mind
And I will try to stay alive
Maybe the world will know one day
Why won't you help me run away?

It don't make any sense to me
Run away
This life makes no sense to me
Run away

I could sing for change
On a Paris street
Be a red light dancer
In New Orleans
I could start again
To the family
I could change my name
Come and go as I please
In the dead of night
You'll wonder where I've gone
Wasn't it you?
Wasn't it you?
Wasn't it you that made me run away?

I was just trying to be myself
Have it your way; I'll meet you in hell
All these secrets that I shouldn't tell
I've got to run away
It's hypocritical of you
Do as you say, not as you do
Never be your perfect girl
I've got to run away
It don't make any sense to me
Run away
This life makes no sense to me
Run away
It don't make any sense to me
Run away
It don't make any sense to me

This life makes no sense to me
It don't make no sense to me
It don't make any sense to me
Life don't make any sense to me



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Track duration: 04:21

"Runaway" as written by Mann/moore

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  • +1
    My Interpretation:I'm a huge fan of P!nk and I listen to her albums on repeat.

    This is just my interpretation;

    In this song she is trying to run away from something which causes her pain, but I believe she is really running from herself. 'Wasn't it you that made me run away' is almost a question, trying to shift the blame onto somebody else. I think she is her own worst enemy in this song, but is searching for other people or things to blame her feelings on, not being able to cope with her emotions. Instead, she listened to the voice in her head telling her to 'run before [she's] dead'. She has lost control of her emotions and is searching for a way out of it, a new way of life. This could perhaps relate to the divorce of her parents, as she has referred to in many of her songs. P!nk is not only an artist, but a philosopher. She is deep, but I don't think she realizes it. Although her attitude is rather 'go with the flow', her songs tell a different story. She is very deep, and very complex.
    Flag alicek14on May 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Im pretty sure the lyrics are actually.

    "these Voices trapped inside my had, tell me to run b4 i'm dead' Not,
    'These words are strapped inside my head Tell me to run before I'm dead'

    &
    'You can go your way, i'll meet you in hell' instead of
    'Have it your way I'll meet you in hell'

    I got those lines off the lyrics in the CD case. So yeaah.


    Anywayyy its an excellent song, can really relate to P!nk's music. She's an amazing artist. Very powerful song once again. Good on her. I love it.
    Flag Thanks4Nothingon December 30, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:This song means so much to me. Especially the lyrics:

    I was just trying to be myself
    Have it your way I'll meet you in hell
    All these secrets that I shouldn't tell I've got to run away
    It's hypocritical of you
    Do as you say not as you do
    Never be your perfect girl

    It just reminds me of the horrible secrets within my family, things I can never tell anyone else. And my mother and how vile she is...This song really just describes my life.
    Flag LizzieBearon May 24, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:the lines "its hypocritical of you, do as you say not as you do" and "I'll never be your perfect girl" makes me think that this song is about a girl who is physically and emotionally abused at home and she needs to run away because she is not safe there.
    Flag Bluebird94on May 13, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I'm too young to be
    Taken seriously
    But I'm too old to believe
    All this hypocrisy

    Wow. Don't you just love it when you've been thinking something for ages, and then you find it written down somehwere, in a song or a book, and it's perfect.
    Flag loubylouxxon January 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Simply, she's running away from someone. Boyfriend, family, whatever. I absolutely love this song, the music, the lyrics, everything. I'm only 13, so I haven't seriously thought about running away from anything (I've had my fair share of fights with my mother though ;D), but I think i might be able to relate to this song as my adolecence progresses.
    Flag Haiku&Lyricon September 24, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song makes me cry each time because its exactly how i felt last year. It's about a girl who's running away and not coming back. Just reading the lyrics causes tears to formin my eyes. Such painful memories...
    Flag twilight_roxon September 05, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:have it your way, i'll meet you in hell.

    damn fucking right.
    Flag thrwmyhrtawy.on July 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It is very self explanatory. But this hits home for me too.
    I hate how i feel like i want to leave my parents house, but i know that i cant because how could i pay for college. thats what they threaten me with, or what they would if i did runaway or move out. Sometimes i just dont care though. i listen to this song 50 times a day. seriously. at least today i did. i love it.

    its just about how someones going to runaway from the pain at home and how she can't always be what her parents want her to be "ill never be your perfect girl"
    she feels that running away is the only thing left that she can do
    "ive GOT to run away"

    i absolutely love pink. and this isnt really my "type" of music, but she is so amazing.
    Flag clasicdisaster17on November 15, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Its one of the best songs that pink could ever write!!
    And it relates so much with my life..
    sometimes all you want to do is to runaway because nothing makes sense anymore, you want something bigger for you, you want to feel free but most important you want to be yourself
    And that is exactly one of the things that i most love about pink
    she is always herself!!! and she never pretends to be something that she is not
    Flag kaR!naon July 12, 2007   Link

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