Can't Run Away

from Free Machine (Deluxe version) by Toby Ganger

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lyrics

I've got hope for the future
but I carry the load of the truth cause
winds of hope can blow towards delusion
against the wind I walk slowly into it
to feel the breeze on my face
just enough to calm my angst
feels like my heart's been broken everytime I had a hope
that went beyond what's safe
now I'm dealing with the consequence
of happiness being tied up in accomplishments
exploring what’s more important
I'd buy my own lies but I just can't afford it
they tell me to be positive but honestly
I got a little problem with pretending it’s impossible
to reach a point where you can know you lost and quit
the optimism, but I know for sure I gotta go for more shot at this

I can't run away
I keep coming back even when I don't know why why why why
I can't run away
when the world's falling down all around, my head's up high high high

cynicism lives on my tongue, hope is on my breath
trying to figure out which is the right one is anybody's guess
know I’d never say that I'm done till nothing is left
so maybe hope is survival, these songs are life or death

when I was a little kid
my smile came really quick
had my eye on the bigger picture
I had a vision what my life would end up like
then the time just kept on ticking
realized that my smile was a better fit
while I never had fought one battle
then I sit and watched it all unravel
every dream that I ever had
i worked till I had it there right in my hand
the moment I felt the excitement then BAM
it was gone, always on the wrong side of random
like maybe I got there by accident
or maybe it was my fault to ask for it
but the moment I thought to give up
the child inside me sings at the top of his lungs like

X2
I can't run away
I keep coming back even when I don't know why why why why
I can't run away
when the world's falling down all around, my heads up high high high high

cynicism lives here on my tongue, hope is on my breath
trying to figure out which is the right one anybody's guess
And I know I would never say “I'm done” till I got nothing left
maybe this hope is survival, these songs are life or death

I thought I could leave it behind
there’s no way that I could run away and hide
I see it when I close my eyes
there’s no way that I could run away and hide

credits

from Free Machine (Deluxe version), released November 17, 2023
Written by Toby Ganger
Vocals by Toby Ganger
Produced by MGI for M-Eazy Music
Bass by Al Berry
Recorded at M-Eazy Studios in Helsinki, Finland
Additional vocals by Dustin Warren and Jimetta Rose Smith
Mixed by Bob Horn
Mastered by Shachar Boussa