White's first music video, "Free", was directed by Braden Barty and produced by Tim Simms. In the video, she acts out her story as a beauty school dropout who moves to Hollywood to pursue a singing career.
White cites her musical influences as the "soulful sounds of the 70's" such as James Taylor, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, the Carpenters, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, the Eagles, America, Carly Simon, the Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, and Phil Collins.
On February 25, 2009, she debuted her first single, "Hold Up My Heart", from her first major label album after Idol, "High Hopes and Heart Break" to be released on June 2, 2009. She performed the song on the results show of American Idol date February 25, 2009. Shortly after the performance, the song fired up and zoomed atop the iTunes Charts and has since reached a peak of #7.
Keep Running
Brooke White Lyrics
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And turn on all the lights
I still see you in the shadows
Even when it's bright
Put music on the radio
Play it way up high
I can hear you in the silence
And all I do is cry
Changing, places
But I'm always looking for you
In that endless sea and faces
What am I gonna do
I keep running
Going nowhere
I can't leave your love behind me
I keep running
Never moving
Getting lost so you can't find me
I keep running
Slow motion
Hoping someday yeah soon I'll see
I'll see
You'll come running on my darling back to me
Every morning I wake up
And try to turn on the pain
Sunlight in my window
Might as well be rain
Driving after midnight
To help my heart up wide
Your memory keeps tearing
At the edges of my mind
Starting over
But I'm always thinking of you
Oh fewer
Farther
What am I gonna do
I keep running
Going nowhere
I can't leave your love behind me
I keep running
Never moving
Getting lost so you can't find me
I keep running
Slow motion
Hoping someday yeah soon I'll see
I'll see
You come running on my darling back to me
Changing, places
But I'm always looking for you
In that endless sea and faces
What am I gonna do
I keep running
Going nowhere
I can't leave your love behind me
I keep running
Never moving
Getting lost so you can't find me
I keep running
Slow motion
Hoping someday yeah soon I'll see
I'll see
You come running on my darling back to me
I keep running
Oh
, I keep running
I keep running
But I can't escape
The lyrics of Brooke White's song Keep Running express the heartache and desperation one feels after losing a loved one. The singer is haunted by memories of the person they have lost and cannot seem to move on. The repetition of "I keep running" emphasizes the feeling of being stuck in a never-ending cycle of grief and the longing for their loved one's return. The somber tone of the song is reflected through the use of descriptive language, such as "shadows" and "tearing at the edges of my mind," which shows how the memories of the lost person continue to linger in the singer's mind long after they're gone.
The song captures the universal feeling of loss and heartbreak that many people have experienced at some point in their lives. It is both relatable and emotional as the singer tries to cope with their pain through music, driving, and distraction, but ultimately they cannot escape their grief. The line, "Getting lost so you can't find me," conveys the sense of wanting to be left alone with one's pain, yet still yearning to be found and comforted by the one they lost.
Line by Line Meaning
Every minute I come home
And turn on all the lights
I still see you in the shadows
Even when it's bright
No matter how much light there is, I still see you in the shadows. Your memory haunts me every moment of everyday.
Put music on the radio
Play it way up high
I can hear you in the silence
And all I do is cry
Even in moments of noise and distraction, your voice echoes in my mind, and all I can do is cry.
Changing, places
But I'm always looking for you
In that endless sea and faces
What am I gonna do
No matter where I go or who I meet, I'm always thinking of you. I feel lost and don't know what to do.
I keep running
Going nowhere
I can't leave your love behind me
I keep running
Never moving
Getting lost so you can't find me
I keep running
Slow motion
Hoping someday yeah soon I'll see
I'll see
You'll come running on my darling back to me
I'm trying to move on, but I'm stuck. I keep running, but I'm going nowhere. I don't want to leave you behind, but I'm getting lost so you can't find me. I hope that someday soon, you'll come running back to me.
Every morning I wake up
And try to turn on the pain
Sunlight in my window
Might as well be rain
Pain and sorrow is all I feel when I wake up every morning. Even the sunlight that shines in my room feels like rain.
Driving after midnight
To help my heart up wide
Your memory keeps tearing
At the edges of my mind
I drive aimlessly after midnight, hoping to ease the pain in my heart, but your memory keeps tearing at the edges of my mind, making it impossible to forget you.
Starting over
But I'm always thinking of you
Oh fewer
Farther
What am I gonna do
I'm trying to start over, but it's hard when I can't stop thinking about you. I feel like I'm losing you more and more every day, and I don't know what to do.
I keep running
Oh
I'm still running, hoping to find my way back to you.
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