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I Ran
Angry Kids Lyrics
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I never thought I'd meet a girl like you.
Meet a girl like you.
With auburn hair and tawny eyes.
The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through.
Hypnotize me through.
And I ran.
I ran so far away.
I just ran.
I ran all night and day.
I couldn't get away.
A cloud appears above your head.
A beam of light comes shining down on you.
Shining down on you.
The cloud is moving nearer still.
Aurora Borealis comes in view.
Aurora comes in view.
[Chorus]
Reached out a hand to touch your face.
You're slowly disappearing from my view.
Disappearing from my view.
Reached out a hand to try again.
I'm floating in a beam of light with you.
Beam of light with you.
[Chorus x2]
The Angry Kids’s song “I Ran” is a song of heartbreak and escape. The lyrics describe the singer walking along the avenue and unexpectedly meeting a girl with auburn hair and tawny eyes that seems to hypnotize him. But then, the song takes a surreal turn with the introduction of a cloud above the girl’s head, a beam of light shining down on her and the appearance of an Aurora Borealis. The singer tries to touch the girl, but she disappears before his eyes. Then, the song shifts again when the singer mentions that he reaches out his hand to try again, and suddenly he is floating in a beam of light with her. The chorus has a repetition pattern that emphasizes how the singer feels about the girl, how he ran away, and how he couldn't get away from his feelings for her.
Overall, the song is open to interpretation, but it seems to me that it tells a story of unrequited love and the desire to escape from reality into something more surreal and magical that would allow those feelings to flourish.
Line by Line Meaning
I walk along the avenue.
I am out for a stroll on the busy street.
I never thought I'd meet a girl like you.
I did not expect to encounter a girl with your qualities.
Meet a girl like you.
Come across a girl like you.
With auburn hair and tawny eyes.
You have red-brown hair and brownish-yellow eyes.
The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through.
Your eyes have a mesmerizing effect.
And I ran.
I started running.
I ran so far away.
I ran a great distance to escape.
I just ran.
All I did was run.
I ran all night and day.
I ran continuously throughout the night and day.
I couldn't get away.
Despite my efforts, I could not escape.
A cloud appears above your head.
A mass of condensed water vapor materializes near you.
A beam of light comes shining down on you.
A narrow stream of illumination illuminates you.
Shining down on you.
Directing its light towards your location.
The cloud is moving nearer still.
The condensation is getting closer to you.
Aurora Borealis comes in view.
The Northern Lights become visible in the sky.
Aurora comes in view.
The natural light display in the sky can be seen.
Reached out a hand to touch your face.
I extended my arm to caress your cheek.
You're slowly disappearing from my view.
You are gradually vanishing from my sight.
Disappearing from my view.
Fading and gradually becoming less visible to me.
Reached out a hand to try again.
I attempted to touch you again.
I'm floating in a beam of light with you.
You and I are levitating in a shaft of light.
Chorus x2
The repeated refrain of the song.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Alistair M. Score, Francis Reynolds Maudsley, Michael Score, Paul Reynolds
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