I Won’t Be No Run-away

Lately, I have been extremely grateful for those who have shown me by their example, that they would stand tall and remain strong even when facing great hardship and danger. They refuse to betray those who are being persecuted even if it means they may also become targets. This includes Carl L. Harp.

Those who are allowed to speak in the public sphere are sometimes  not those with such strength. Those who betray the few who are strong at times go to great lengths to belittle or smear a person who might have had the momentary strength to not concede. Otherwise they could be shown by comparison, to exhibit weakness.

It is best to stay true to your inner compass, even if it means your life may be shorter, or less comfortable. If you are not willing to lose everything, you will never find your true voice.

This is what history has taught, if we only cared to look.

Runnaway (Artist: The National)

(Lyrics)

There’s no saving anything
Now we’re swallowing the shine of the sun
There’s no saving anything
How we swallow the sun

But I won’t be no runaway
‘Cause I won’t run
No, I won’t be no runaway

But what makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing coming undone
And it’s taking us over
We don’t bleed when we don’t fight
Go ahead, go ahead, throw your arms in the air tonight
We don’t bleed when we don’t fight
Go ahead, go ahead, lose our shirts in the fire tonight
But what makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing coming undone

But I won’t be no runaway
‘Cause I won’t run
No, I won’t be no runaway
‘Cause I won’t run
No, I won’t be no runaway

But what makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing coming undone
And it’s taking us over
We don’t bleed when we don’t fight
Go ahead, go ahead, throw your arms in the air tonight
We don’t bleed when we don’t fight
Go ahead, go ahead, lose our shirts in the fire tonight
But what makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing coming undone
We got another thing coming undone
And it’s taking forever

I’ll go braving everything
With you swallowing the shine of the sun
I’ll go braving everything
Through the shine of the sun

But I won’t be no runaway
‘Cause I won’t run
No, I won’t be no runaway
‘Cause I won’t run
No, I won’t be no runaway

But what makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing coming undone
And it’s taking us over
We don’t bleed when we don’t fight
Go ahead, go ahead, throw your arms in the air tonight
We don’t bleed when we don’t fight
Go ahead, go ahead, lose our shirts in the fire tonight
What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing coming undone
We got another thing coming undone
And it’s taking us over

And it’s taking forever

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