Neko Case

Set Out Running

Neko Case


Want to get it all behind me 
You know everything reminds me 
I can't be myself without you 
Want to crawl down deep inside 
The springs inside the mattress 
Where l cry my dirty secrets 
'Cause I just can't shake this feeling 
That I'm nothing in your eyes 

And if I knew heartbreak was coming 
I would've set out running 
Past the city houses 
And the ditches on the highway 
Read between the seasons 
Under the bridges in valleys 
Til the winds out on the prairie
Whip the tears from my eyes 

Want to get it all behind me 
You know everything reminds me 
I can't be myself without you 
Want to crawl down deep inside 
the springs inside the mattress where I cry my dirty secrets
'Cause I just can't shake this feeling 
That I'm nothing in your eyes 

And if I knew heartbreak was coming 
I would've set out running 
Across the muddy river 
And the smokestacks on the bank 
Swallow that horizon 
Hunger beyond hunger 
Til the cloudy blue Pacific 
Took the air in my lungs 

And if I knew heartbreak was coming 
I would've set out running 
'Cause I just can't shake this feeling 
That I'm nothing in your eyes.