[Silence]
[Arrangement: Fast-driving rock with pounding drums, urgent piano, distorted guitar, and a relentless bassline that feels like a sprint through shimmering heat]
[Intro]
Run, run, run
(Here it comes)
Run, run, run
(Here it comes)
Cook till welldone
(Fire in your lungs)
[Verse 1]
Morning used to
(Mean relief)
Now it’s just
(A shorter grief)
Shade gets thinner
(Hour by hour)
Air turns heavy
(Loses power)
Sidewalks buckle
(Rails expand)
Fields turn brittle
(Underhand)
You keep moving
(If you can)
Trying to outrun
(What outruns man)
[Chorus]
So, ya think you can outrun
(The sun)
Run, run, run
Doesn’t sound like much
(No not much fun)
Run, run, run
So, ya think you can outrun
(The sun)
Run, run, run
By the time you realize
(It’s already won)
Run, run, run
[Refrain]
You can’t beat
(The heat)
No, you can’t retreat
(Off the street)
You can’t hide
(From the sky)
No, you can’t outrun
(The sun)
[Verse 2]
Sweat turns useless
(When the air won’t take it)
Your body pleads
(But the day won’t break it)
Heart beats harder
(Blood runs thin)
Heat gets under
(Your weathered skin)
The power flickers
(The fans go dead)
Hospitals fill
(With heat instead)
And every warning
(Starts to sound)
Like a siren
(Without a town)
[Chorus]
So, ya think you can outrun
(The sun)
Run, run, run
Doesn’t sound like much
(No not much fun)
Run, run, run
So, ya think you can outrun
(The sun)
Run, run, run
When the night stays hot
(Where do you turn?)
Run, run, run
[Bridge]
This isn’t summer
(Like summer was)
This is stress
(Without a pause)
Wet-bulb rising
(Breath gets tight)
No true shelter
(Day or night)
It’s not just weather
(It’s a test)
Of how much strain
(A body lets)
Before the line
(Begins to blur)
Between endure
(And disappear)
[Instrumental]
[Distorted guitar solo]
[Driving piano riff]
[Drum break]
[Breakdown]
Run if you want
(Run if you can)
But heat won’t care
(About your plan)
Run to the shade
(Run to the sea)
Still it follows
(Relentlessly)
[Final Chorus]
So, ya think you can outrun
(The sun)
Run, run, run
Doesn’t sound like much
(No not much fun)
Run, run, run
So, ya think you can outrun
(The sun)
Run, run, run
But when the whole damn sky
(Becomes the one)
Run, run, run
[Final Refrain]
You can’t beat
(The heat)
No, you can’t retreat
(Off the street)
You can’t hide
(From the sky)
No, you can’t outrun
(The sun)
[Outro]
Run, run, run
(Here it comes)
Run, run, run
(Still it comes)
Heat on your back
(Under attack)
Ladder outta rungs
(Fire in your lungs)
From the album “Displacement“