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It was, I think, at school in 9th grade. We were going to make a music project and that resulted in “Runaway”. I didn’t like school; I didn’t like homework or bringing schoolwork home. And then I decided to just make a song. At that time I wrote a song that I didn’t understand fully, but that later turned out to be a very important song that I understand well today. And it makes more and more sense, especially when I’m on tour, and that’s very nice. I feel like little-Aurora gave the older-Aurora a gift by writing a song that maybe could be useful later in life. That song from little-Aurora and that period of my life is with me now and will continue to be forever on my further travels.

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Runaway was actually the second song I ever wrote. And it’s the most fantastic thing that as I grow older Runaway has just made more and more sence to me and felt closer and closer to my heart.

–AURORA, Genius

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Yep! On March 11, 2021, AURORA posted an acoustic version of “Runaway” on her YouTube channel:

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Recorded At

Lydriket Studio, Bergen, Norway

Release Date

February 7, 2015

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"Runaway"

I was listening to the ocean
I saw a face in the sand
But when I picked it up
Then it vanished away from my hands, down
I had a dream I was seven
Climbing my way in a tree
I saw a piece of heaven
Waiting, impatient, for me, down

And I was running far away
Would I run off the world someday?
Nobody knows, nobody knows
And I was dancing in the rain
I felt alive and I can't complain
But now take me home
Take me home where I belong
I can't take it anymore

I was painting a picture
The picture was a painting of you
And for a moment I thought you were here
But then again, it wasn't true, down
And all this time I have been lying
Oh, lying in secret to myself
I've been putting sorrow on the farthest place on my shelf

La di da!

And I was running far away
Would I run off the world someday?
Nobody knows, nobody knows
And I was dancing in the rain
I felt alive and I can't complain
But now take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go
Now take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go
Now take me home
Take me home where I belong
I can't take it anymore

But I kept running for a soft place to fall
And I kept running for a soft place to fall
And I kept running for a soft place to fall
And I kept running for a soft place to fall

And I was running far away
Would I run off the world someday?
But now take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go
Now take me home
Take me home where I belong
I got no other place to go

Now take me home, home where I belong
Now take me home, home where I belong
Now take me home, home where I belong
Now take me home, home where I belong

I can't take it anymore

Thanks to Monica, Shiv, Kopala for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Aurora Aksnes, Magnus Aserud Skylstad

"Runaway" is the lead single off of the AURORA's 2015 EP "Running with the Wolves". The song was released on the 7th of February 7, 2015, and it was also included on her debut album, "All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend" (2016).

AURORA explained to Radio.nrk.no, that she had written "Runaway" in school as a musical project. "At that time I wrote a song that I didn't understand fully, but that later turned out to be a very important song that I understand well today, she said. And it makes more and more sense, especially when I'm on tour, and that's very nice. I feel like little-Aurora gave the older-Aurora a gift by writing a song that maybe could be useful later in life. That song from little-Aurora and that period of my life is with me now and will continue to be forever on my further travels."

There exists an acoustic version of the song whose video was published on the 11th of March 2021. She told his fans about it on Instagram, "Hello my darlings, I wanted to do a little acoustic version of "Runaway" for you all. It's very simple. And it's very honest. And it's a little piece of the core from which Runaway was born from."

Billie Eilish was greatly inspired by the video for this track. She explained, "When I was 12, I saw Aurora's 'Runaway' music video. Something inside me clicked, like, 'That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not'."

The song received a surge in popularity again at the beginning of 2021 after having been used in TikTok Silhouette challenge, which was also replicated on Instagram with the Runaway Aurora filter. The song accompanied the filter. To participate in the challenge, the users would stand against the sky and place the camera in front of them to create a silhouette effect.

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EP: "Running With The Wolves" (2015)

album: "All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend" (2016)

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