“Run Away From Me” by James John Wilson

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Run Away From Me

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Song Background

My band mate, Marc Jacob showed me a really cool capo setting he saw Steve Earl using.    It is on the second fret without the top E string left open.  The E string is left to resonate really deeply.   I was looking for something more emotional and resonant. I found three great chords using this setting.  This need was inspired by The Uglysuite “… And We Became Sunshine” which I had been playing over and over again.

I was riffing just to figure out where the words would go and how they would sound.  These were the first words that came out.  I try to make a habit of trusting my instincts, my insides, and they need to let my subconscious speak.  I feel songs becomes more personal and emotional that way.

The words are short and sweet.  I believe the have the following meaning… I seem to have an annoying, perpetual sense of not being worthy or not belonging.  But that other people and creatures alike are drawn toward things… to migrate, to  congregate, to be together, but I do not have this as a part of my life.

Lyrics

Run away from me

Birds fly towards the warm sun

Little boys and girls, they run to their mom