The Chase
Savlonic Lyrics


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Empty chair
Suits your shape
Telltale signs of
Your best days
Empty chair
Suits your shape
Telltale signs of
Your best days

Run, with the wind behind you
Hide, where you know we'll find you
Chase, it's the part we love, though
Where did the time go?
Speed up, you're fighting hard
Quiet, we feel every pause
You're starting too slow
Where did the time go?
Run, with the wind behind you
Hide, where you know we'll find you
Chase, it's the part we love, though
Where did the time go?
Speed up, you're fighting hard
Quiet, we feel every pause
You're starting too slow

Where did the time go?

Face to film
Hunting time
They won't know it
'Till they're mine
This is not
What I want

Need to stop,
But I can't

Run, with the wind behind you
Hide, where you know we'll find you
Chase, it's the part we love, though
Where did the time go?
Speed up, you're fighting hard
Quiet, we feel every pause
You're starting too slow
Where did the time go?
Run, with the wind behind you
Hide, where you know we'll find you
Chase, it's the part we love, though
Where did the time go?
Speed up, you're fighting hard

Quiet, we feel every pause
You're starting too slow
Where did the time go?

Face to face
Look inside
You can't hide it
Though you tried

Quicken pulse
Beautiful escape
Getting faster
Closing in

Run, with the wind behind you
Hide, where you know we'll find you
Chase, it's the part we love, though
Where did the time go?
Speed up, you're fighting hard
Quiet, we feel every pause
You're starting too slow
Where did the time go?
Run, with the wind behind you
Hide, where you know we'll find you
Chase, it's the part we love, though
Where did the time go?
Speed up, you're fighting hard
Quiet, we feel every pause




You're starting too slow
Where did the time go?

Overall Meaning

In Savlonic’s song “The Chase,” the repeated use of the phrase “empty chair suits your shape” seems to suggest a sense of absence or emptiness. The “telltale signs of your best days” could signify a past where the person in the chair was in their prime, but that time has passed. The song then addresses the act of running away, and how the chase itself is what we love, even though we don’t know where the time will go. The lyrics encourage the subject to speed up, urging them to fight hard and hide where they know they’ll be found.


Line by Line Meaning

Empty chair
The absence of someone who was there before


Suits your shape
Their absence fits well in the chair


Telltale signs of
Evidence left behind that tells a story


Your best days
Proof that things were better then


Run, with the wind behind you
Escape, using the advantages you have


Hide, where you know we'll find you
Try to evade, knowing it won't work


Chase, it's the part we love, though
Hunt, the thrill of the hunt is what we enjoy


Where did the time go?
Wondering how it all went by so quickly


Speed up, you're fighting hard
Push yourself, you're in a battle


Quiet, we feel every pause
Even the slightest break in the action is noticeable


You're starting too slow
Your beginning isn't aggressive enough


Face to film
Meeting the camera, being caught on tape


Hunting time
Chasing after the moments missed


They won't know it
Others won't realize what you're after


Till they're mine
Until you've caught up to the lost time


This is not
This isn't what you want


What I want
The hunter's desire for more time is not what they truly want


Need to stop,
The hunt needs to end


But I can't
But the hunter can't let it go


Face to face
Meeting the hunted


Look inside
See the truth within


You can't hide it
You can't conceal what's real


Though you tried
Even if you attempt to hold something back


Quicken pulse
The heart racing


Beautiful escape
The moment of freedom from the struggle


Getting faster
The chase is intensifying


Closing in
Getting closer to reaching the goal


Where did the time go?
Reflecting on how quickly things have happened




Writer(s): Jonathan Picking, Sarah Jane Darling

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