Are you here because you need it?
Are you here because you wanna?
Are you doing what you can or are you doing what you gotta?
Are you running for some meaning are you running for a comma?
Are you trying for a reason are you trying cause you oughta?
Cause I don’t know why
I don’t wanna try when everything is on the line, no relief in sight
Cause if all that matters is how I turn out in the end,
then I got all this time to spend.
Every day’s a rental, so I’ll be changing tempo
(Are you running, running?)
Hoping that the better part of me will make itself known
(Are you running, running, running?)
Breaking in, out, down, and through
(Are you running, running, running?)
Scared of what someone like me might do
Cause I don’t know why
I don’t wanna try when everything is on the line, no relief in sight
Cause if all that matters is how I turn out in the end,
then I got all this time to spend.
(Are you running, are you running?)
(Are you running, are you running?)
Are you here because you need it?
Are you here because you wanna?
Doing what you can or are you doing what you gotta?
Trying for a reason, are you trying cause you oughta?
Running for some meaning, are you running for a comma?
Cause I don’t know why
I don’t wanna try when everything is on the line, no relief in sight
Cause if all that matters is how I turn out in the end,
then I got all this time to spend.
credits
released August 14, 2020
Written and performed by daysormay.
Produced by Steve Bays.
Engineered and Mixed by Steve Bays.
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radio diffuseurs privés du Canada.
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