YOU RUN YOU STAY

YOU RUN AND YOU STAY

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2018

I THOUGHT I SAW FOUR HORSEMEN

I SOUGHT COVER AND PROTECTION

I HOPE THEY WEREN'T OFFENDED

BY MY REJECTION
BUT THAT'S NO PLACE I WANT TO GO
I'VE GOT TOO MUCH LIVING TO DO

PUT AWAY YOUR DEATH MASK
DROP YOUR GUNS
I WON'T SURRENDER
BUT NEITHER WILL I RUN
A SIGN TO CALL OFF MY DEMONS
JUST LET THEM GO
THE THINGS THAT HURT ME IN THE PAST
PUT THEM ALL TO REST
DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP
COME ON AND DO YOUR BEST

NO BETTER TIME THAN A LONG TIME
I THOUGHT I SAW A PLACE
UNAFFECTED BY TIME
I STOOD TRANSFIXED TAKING STOCK
FEASTING MY EYES 
EASING MY MIND
THIS WOULD SURE DO FINE
WOULD I NEVER GROW OLD IN THIS PLACE
THIS LIFE I'M BESTOWED
I FEEL IT IN THE DEPTHS
OF MY SOUL

WHERE ONCE I WAS HURRIED
NOW I'M FREE TO TAKE MY TIME
A QUESTION OF WHERE
AND A QUIET PRAYER
I THOUGHT I SAW ODIN
VALHALLA CAN WAIT
I CAN'T GO THERE
THERE'S TOO MUCH AT STAKE
YOU PUSH YOU PULL
YOU RUN AND YOU STAY
ANYTHING TO MAKE THE HOURS
 COUNT WITHIN A DAY

THE STARS OVERHEAD
SPELL THE END OF TODAY
SLEEP COMES TO YOU 
AND TAKES YOU AWAY
YOUR LAST THOUGHTS
LOST IN THE NIGHT
I DREAMT I SAW A BOWMAN 
SHOOT HIS ARROW
 STRAIGHT AND TRUE
INTO THE HEART OF A LIFE
BUT IT WASN'T MINE
I'M DOING FINE
 YOU RUN YOU STAY
MAKE YOUR GETAWAY