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Run For Your Life

Published: Aug 2, 2012

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^{Another personal piece. Based a lot on a song I've just found, Run For Your Life by Matt Cardle. I heard it ages ago briefly, but didn't take much notice. I heard my dad listening to it on his phone playlist yesterday, so I looked it up and gave it a listen. The amount of ways I've interpreted the lyrics for my own life whilst painting this is borderline ridiculous. I can relate to it so much.
The 'Run For Your Life' message, I will share, is basically, I will hopefully be going to college in just over a month. I'm trying my best to hold on until then so I can get the hell out of the trap I'm in. Many of you know I lack real life friends, I've no such thing as a social life, I've a bad relationship with my parents/family, and it has lead me recently to self harm. I wouldn't usually put this in the comments but I'd like to share the meaning behind this painting. Because going to college will literally be running for my life. Away from this, and to make something of myself before I run out of strength.

Overall, pretty happy with this piece. And you know, that Orca jumping out to the left, I'm SO proud of for some reason! And there's Aquanova lurking in the background too. The water's deeper than it looks okay
I've wanted to draw her and Ambilona in the same piece.}

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^{You need somebody who likes themself
Who lives for life and never calls for help
You need somebody to walk you back
Someone who loves you too before you ask

You’re worth more, you’re worth more than this
You can take a leap without the risk
There’s no time, there’s no time for this
Take your love and start again

So run for your life, run for your life
If you leave me behind, you'll get there in time

You need someone who can stand alone
Who finds the way, instead of being shown
Somebody with confidence
Who's strong enough to be hit more than once

You'll find more, you'll find more than this
Take the world that's at your fingertips
Don't waste time, don't waste time with this
Take your love and start again

So run for your life, run for your life
If you leave me behind, you'll get there in time

Run, run and don't look back again
Run, run, one day you'll understand
I'm not, no, I'm not who you think I am

So run for your life (run and don't look back again, run and don't look back again)
Run for your life (one day you'll understand, one day you'll understand)
If you leave me behind, you'll get there in time

Run for your life, run for your life
If you leave me behind, you'll get there in time}