On the Run
EDWARD! Lyrics

Oh, my child thirty years today
Today marks thirty years since you were born, my child

You came into my life
Since then, everything changed

And everything changed
My entire life changed for the better when you were born

If there's one thing I tried to teach you
I have tried to impart one crucial lesson on you

Girl, don't you waste your time
Don't waste any time, young lady

Come this September
In September this year, something significant will take place

You'll be somebody's wife
You will become someone's spouse and start a new phase of your life in September

I won't paint a picture
I won't sugarcoat the truth

Of what you want to see
I won't tell you what you want to hear

Love is the harder times
Love isn't always smooth sailing

Take it from me
Believe me when I tell you this

I would run down the lane
There were times when I felt like running away

And into the night
I wanted to escape under the cover of darkness

Run so fast I swear my feet would fly
I had a strong urge to run so fast that it felt like I was flying

Run from my babies asleep in their beds
I even felt like running away from my children who were sleeping soundly in their beds

Run from my lover and my best friend
I felt like running away from the people closest to me - my lover and best friend

And back again
But eventually, I would come back

All of this courage
It takes a lot of courage

I've tried so hard to hold on to
I've tried to muster up all the courage I could find

Ever since that day
Since that day that changed my life forever

You and your brother left for school
The day you and your brother went off to school

They say just over that hill
There were rumors that something bad had happened

The fog rolled in
The weather became foggy

Come quick doctor
Someone urgently called for a doctor

We think somebody's been killed
There were suspicions that someone had died

I have been a healer
I have been a source of healing for others

Of other people's pain
I have helped others to alleviate their pain

I know sometimes you don't like
I understand that sometimes you don't agree with

The ways I've changed
The changes I've undergone

But the smell of the world came into my lungs
I felt alive again as I breathed in the scent of the world

The sound of the gravel when my legs went numb
The sensation of my legs becoming numb as I ran on gravel

And my heart nearly burst right out of my chest
My heart was beating so fast and loud it felt like it was going to burst out of my chest

And it felt so good to know I wasn't dead
It was a relief to feel so alive after feeling like I was almost dead inside