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Running away
DIR By: Spymonsayz
Date: August 20, 2026, 10:48 am
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Not sure of the exact quote but I am sure I will be using it in
a song:
You can run as far as you can
but when you get there
You're still always there....
#Post#: 1589--------------------------------------------------
Re: Running away
DIR By: redwriter1
Date: September 2, 2026, 10:37 am
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That's pretty deep, I wonder what you're gonna do with it? Do
you know who the quote was by? Might ask Chatgpt
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Re: Running away
DIR By: redwriter1
Date: September 2, 2026, 10:44 am
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In addition, people have told me during my life.. "just get out
of your own way" I don't know what that means and never have.
Looks like you're gonna have to find a common thread around
running............from what? Yourself, your relationships, your
family, a location?
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Re: Running away
DIR By: Spymonsayz
Date: September 2, 2026, 12:44 pm
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--- Quote from: redwriter1 link ---
>
> In addition, people have told me during my life.. "just get
out of your own way" I don't know what that means and never
have.
>
> Looks like you're gonna have to find a common thread around
running............from what? Yourself, your relationships, your
family, a location?
>
--- End Quote ---
It came from an Apple TV Series called "Lucky" but I am
paraphrasing it.
Its about a girl who is on the run...well there's a lot more
detail in the series but I think the quote was
"funny thing about running away from all your
problems...Wherever You Go, There You Are."
but I don't remember it perfectly lol That's actually the title
of the episode I found out.
Just thought it to be a classic line.
#Post#: 1592--------------------------------------------------
Re: Running away
DIR By: LAWHON
Date: September 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
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Nice theme.
Metaphorically, it reminds of a video I watched where a guy was
talking about mics.
He said, "I can record something with a $150 mic and I can
record something with a $1500 mic...but in the end, I'm still
going to sound like me."
His point was a good recording requires a good execution
at-the-source. (It did until AI came along)
Life is like that though.
You can move to a different town every year, but it is YOU who
will always arrive there.
I think that the theme is interesting and fertile.
Personally, I would apply it to a romantic relationship.
Years ago there was a song that included the lyrics..."She loves
to fall in love, and she don't care if you're not there."
I might write this about that "she."
#Post#: 1593--------------------------------------------------
Re: Running away
DIR By: Tex
Date: September 2, 2026, 2:31 pm
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Ronnie Milsap
Houston Solution
Well my daddy once told me you can run away
Your troubles will follow and find you someday
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Re: Running away
DIR By: redwriter1
Date: September 2, 2026, 2:32 pm
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I don't think it should be a romance song, I think it would be
more like Dolly Parton advice song.
Maybe a verse or two about trying to run from something and the
chorus would be "well that didn't work" lol
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Re: Running away
DIR By: Spymonsayz
Date: September 2, 2026, 3:17 pm
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--- Quote from: redwriter1 link ---
>
> I don't think it should be a romance song, I think it would be
more like Dolly Parton advice song.
>
> Maybe a verse or two about trying to run from something and
the chorus would be "well that didn't work" lol
>
--- End Quote ---
Yea I agree that this makes more sense...advice...
Coz who doesn't wanna run away and start over sometimes....
#Post#: 1596--------------------------------------------------
Re: Running away
DIR By: LAWHON
Date: September 2, 2026, 4:27 pm
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On YouTube, I follow a few people who give "relationship advice"
looking for song material and life lessons.
They typically show videos of people going through
something-or-other, and then comment on it. A recurrent theme is
the spouse who grew tired of their marriage, felt like they had
outgrown it, and became enchanted with someone outside the
marriage.
A year or three later, it all blows up and goes in the dumper
and they are crying into their cereal about how they wish they
could have seen how it would all end up looking...from the
dumper.
They whine about wanting the relationship back and the
altruistic banner that they always fly is "Don't make the
mistake that I made."
(Adultry isn't a mistake. It's a willful act)
The other spouse has usually moved on and ain't coming back.
I've got that as a song-bit on my to-do list.
It's similar to this I guess.
Will be watching to see how you portray this.
#Post#: 1597--------------------------------------------------
Re: Running away
DIR By: redwriter1
Date: September 2, 2026, 5:49 pm
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Wherever you go, there you are.
I think that's the quote I remember. Maybe that should be the
core part of the chorus?
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