Runaway

Runaway
Song by Linkin Park
Album	Hybrid Theory
Released	October 24, 2000
Format	CD • Vinyl
Recorded	1996 - 2000
Genre	Alternative metal • Rap rock
Length	3:03
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer	Linkin Park
Producer	Don Gilmore
Hybrid Theory Chronology
Last	Crawling
Current	Runaway
Next	By Myself

"Runaway" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the sixth track from the band's debut album, Hybrid Theory.

"Runaway" is a more melodic song than the rest of the tracks included on the album. It features a breakdown, which Chester Bennington screaming. The bridge is often described as one of the heaviest song on the album.

Summary

The song was the conceived after Don Gilmore listened the first demos of the song, collectively known as "Stick N' Move", which tapes dates back from 1996, in the period of time when the band was known as Xero.

After Chester Bennington joined the band in replacement of Mark Wakefield, Stick N Move was rearranged with a new instrumental and Bennington's vocals in 1998-1999. Many of the original features of "Stick N Move", aside from the lyrics were handed over to Runaway, but most part of the instrumental was redone completely, while still sharing chord progression, key, and tempo.

Lyrics

 Chester   Mike 

Graffiti decorations, under the sky of dust
A constant wave of tension, on top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me; I learned were never true

Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

I wanna run away/never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth/instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers/no more lies
I wanna shut the door/and open up my mind

Paper bags and angry voices, under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension, has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action, these words were never true

Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)

I wanna run away/never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth/instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers/no more lies
I wanna shut the door/and open up my mind

I'm gonna run away, and never say goodBYE!
(Gonna run away gonna run away/gonna run away gonna run away)
I'm gonna run away, and never wonder WHY!
(Gonna run away gonna run away/gonna run away gonna run away)
I'm gonna run away, and open up my MIND!
(Gonna run away gonna run away/gonna run away gonna run away)
MIND!
(Gonna run away gonna run away/gonna run away gonna run away)
MIND!
(Gonna run away gonna run away/gonna run away gonna run away)
MIND!
(Gonna run away gonna run away/gonna run away gonna run away)

I wanna run away/never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth/instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers/no more lies
I wanna shut the door/and open up my mind

I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind

Music Video

Linkin Park - Runaway (Official Music Video)
File:Linkin Park - Runaway
	Publish date	24 October 2000
	Director
	Place shot	unknown
	Views	14,232,545 (as of 8 March 2025)

Trivia

• "Runaway" was not released as a single, but did chart in the U.S. Rock Song List.
• The band wrote One Step Closer while trying to write this song.
• This song is also serve as an insert song in Two and a Half Ponies, which featuring the six main stallions Shining Armor (Andrew Francis), Fancy Pants (Trevor Devall), Thunderlane (Trevor Devall), Soaring (Matt Hill), Mr. Cake (Brian Drummond), and Big Macintosh (Peter New).

Hybrid Theory "Papercut" "One Step Closer" "With You" "Points of Authority" "Crawling" "Runaway" "By Myself" "In The End" "A Place for My Head" "Forgotten" "Cure for the Itch" "Pushing Me Away" Bonus tracks: "My December" "High Voltage" Gallery • Demos • Release history • Certifications • Awards • Credits
Hybrid Theory - 20th Anniversary Edition "One Step Closer (rock mix)" "It's Goin' Down "Dialate" "Pictureboard" "She Couldn't" "Could Have Been" "Reading My Eyes" "Rhinestone" "Esaul" "Stick N' Move" "Step Up (1999 Demo)" "In The End (Demo)" "Slip" "So Far Away" "SuperXero" "Buy Myself (Marilyn Manson Remix)" "Coal" "Slip" "Sad" "Hurry" "Blue" "Chair" Release history
Hybrid Theory EP "Carousel" "Technique" "Step Up" "And One" "High Voltage" "Part of Me" / "Hidden Track 7" Demos