I Ran (So Far Away)
A Flock of Seagulls
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I walk along the avenue
I never thought I'd meet a girl like you
Meet a girl like you
With auburn hair and tawny eyes
The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through
Hypnotize me through
And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away
A cloud appears above your head
A beam of light comes shinin' down on you
Shinin' down on you
The cloud is moving nearer still
Aurora Borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view
And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away
Reached out a hand to touch your face
You're slowly disappearin' from my view
'Pearin' from my view
Reached out a hand to try again
I'm floating in a beam of light with you
Beam of light with you
And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I ran all night and day
And I ran
I ran so far away
I just ran
I couldn't get away
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The beginning of this classic
always gives me chills, when the synthesizer
sounds out that long note before
the melody begins in earnest.
You can feel the early 80s in every
note of this song:
the Cold War,
Ronald Reagan's eight-year reign of error,
punk and techno,
rebellion and conformity,
leather and plaid.
I remember driving late at night with this on full volume,
the strange radiant geometry of passing cities
like orange-white constellations of a past
I didn't live
but somehow knew anyway.
An absolutely stellar song.
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Digital Art: Trajectory by yours truly
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