Oh my, what happened here?
He came, he disappeared
He was too good to be true
Swore a lot of things, none of them new
Dropped words, forgot 'em overnight
Good thing that I'll think about 'em up until I die
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been lied to, I've been cut and deleted
I've heard some things that I will leave unrepeated
I've seen some flags but the reddest one
Is if a man says that he wants you in his life forever
[Chorus]
Run
If he calls you up, says he's so in love
And it's been one week, you better
Run
If your heart says broke, and your friends say, "Don't"
It's an R-I-P, you better
Run
As fast as you can, take a quick sharp turn at the sight of a man
And make it done, mm-mm
If a man says that he wants you in his life forever
Run
If he says he's real, he's not
If he makes you smile, he's blocked, mm-mm
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been lied to, I've been cut and deleted
I've heard some things that I will leave unrepeated
I've seen some flags but the reddest one
Is if a man says that he wants you in his life forever
[Chorus]
Run
If he calls you up, says he's so in love
And it's been one week, you better
Run
If your heart says broke, and your friends say, "Don't"
It's an R-I-P, you better
Run
As fast as you can, take a quick sharp turn at the sight of a man
And make it done, mm-mm
If a man says that he wants you in his life forever
Run
[Post-Chorus]
You better
Run
You better
Run
You better
Run
You better
He likes a promise if he don't have to keep it
He hates a sentence when he has to mean it
I know it's dark, and I know that I'm young
But if a man says that he wants you in his life forever
Run
[Outro]
(R-I-P)
Run
Mm-mm, run
As fast as you can, take a quick sharp turn at the sight of a man
And make it done, mm-mm
If a man says that he wants you in his life forever
Run
About
The fourth single off of this album, Run is one of the oldest songs on the album being written by Maisie Peters, Inez Dunn, and Two Inch Punch. The single was released along with the whole album and the music video was released on June 30th, 2023.
When describing Run, Maisie has said “This song is a mantra and a way of life, and definitely one for the girls who have quite simply had enough. it really does get straight to the point, and was inspired by not one, but several different people 🥰 it’s also a fun fact that i wrote this song and then proceeded to go on a first date right after and read the lyrics to him, iconic in hindsight. RIP!”
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Track 10! “Run”! Buckle up!
It’s one of the oldest songs on the album – Ines Dunn, Two Inch Punch and I wrote it [in] Jan 2022, pre a lot of the events of this record unfolding and, even more crucially, pre becoming a blonde.
Two Inch Punch and I wrote “You To You” on my first EP together, and my song “Smile” that was on the Birds of Prey soundtrack. Ines [Dunn] and I wrote “Body Better”, “The Band and I”, “Therapy”, “[Not Another] Rockstar” and “Run”, and, when I write with her, it feels like writing with an extension of my own brain; so in sync are we. Getting to work with my best friends was one of the best things about making this album, and I’m so happy that the people I worked with when I was 16 and stupid are still the people I work with now, aged 22 and still stupid. <3
This song is a mantra and a way of life, and definitely one for the girls who have quite simply had enough. It really does get straight to the point, and was inspired by, not one, but several different people. 🥰 It’s also a fun fact that I wrote this song and then proceeded to go on a first date right after and read the lyrics to him… iconic in hindsight. RIP!
— Maisie Peters via Instagram
I’d had a conversation with another friend where one of us said, ‘Next time a man says I want you in my life forever—and then proceeds to act in the most atrocious way any man has ever acted ever—we’re out.’ I wrote the song ‘Run’ in January/February 2022, just after that conversation, with one of my best friends [songwriter] Ines Dunn. We had that line going. In my own heart, I was no longer sad about it—I was just trying to take the lesson from it. I really tried to get that song right. I kept referencing Britney Spears and ‘If U Seek Amy’. I wanted to do a song like Britney did, or like Gwen Stefani did.
- 3.Watch
- 4.Body Better
- 9.Wendy
- 10.Run
- 11.Two Weeks Ago
- 12.BSC
- 13.Therapy
- 14.There It Goes
- 15.History Of Man
