He Who Runs, Goes Far

["Oh yeah... I run like the wind I do!"]

Ok for a long time, I've noticed that Bono loves to 'run' in his lyrics, or he likes to describe things as 'running' or he makes others 'run'... well you get the picture...

Big thanks to Woodchuck who after i brought his attention to this, had a blast helping me look for songs with 'run' in its lyrics... not that we need a reason to listen to U2 songs anyway! ;) HAVE FUN!

  • "I'm running in the rain" - Twilight

  • "Red, running red" - The Electric Co.

  • "The moon is running red" - Fire

  • "He looked at me like I was the one who should run" - Stranger In A Strange Land

  • "You run, you run, you run and not grow weary" - Drowning Man

  • "But you get hurt, scared, if you're running from yourself" - Red Light

  • "Oh, oh, oh, on borderland we run... and still we run...we run and don't look back..." - A Sort Of Homecoming

  • "Your only rivers run cold" - The Unforgettable Fire

  • "Walk on by, walk on through, walk 'til you run, and don't look back" - The Unforgettable Fire

  • "Two rivers run too deep" - Indian Summer Sky

  • "In the forest, there's a clearing, I run towards the light" - Indian Summer Sky

  • "They... run... see say you're sad" - Elvis Presley and America

  • "I want to run, I want to hide" - Where The Streets Have No Name

  • "I have run through the fields" - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

  • "I believe in the kingdom come, then all the colors will bleed into one, bleed into one, well yes I'm still running" - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

  • "Running scared in the valley below" - Bullet The Blue Sky

  • "Pounding on the women and children, who run, into the arms, of America" - Bullet The Blue Sky

  • "Run from the darkness in the night" - Running To Stand Still - and look at the title of the song!

  • "She runs through the streets, with her eyes painted red" - Running To Stand Still

  • "From father to son, the blood runs thin" - Red Hill Mining Town

  • "The glass is cut, the bottle runs dry, our love runs cold" - Red Hill Mining Town

  • "The rivers run, but soon run dry" - In God's Country

  • "You ran like the river to the sea" - One Tree Hill

  • "Oh great ocean, oh great sea, run to the ocean, run to the sea" -One Tree Hill

  • "I ran into a juke joint when I heard a guitar scream" - When Love Comes To Town

  • "Look, I gotta go, yeah I'm running outta change" - The Fly

  • "You've been running away, from what you don't understand" - Mysterious Ways

  • "I'm gonna run to you, run to you.... be still" - Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World

  • "Don't run if you can walk" - Numb [is Edge trying to tell Bono something here?]

  • "A man makes a car, and builds roads to run them on" - Lemon

  • "Just the bang, and the clatter, as an angel, runs to ground" - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

  • "I have a brother, when I'm a brother in need, I spend my whole time running, he spends his running after me" - The First Time

  • "Those days, days, days run away like horses over the hill" - Dirty Day

    • "I wanna run, she's pulling me apart" - She's a Mystery To Me

    "A young man running from what he didn't understand" - North and South of the River

    "I wanted to run, but she made me crawl" - The Sweetest Thing

    If you spot any other U2 songs with 'running' in them, please e-mail me!

    Bono, crawling on his hands and knees... Click here

    The public say:

    1)"Weird... there's no running in Pop... guess they're getting bad knees" - Woodchuck

    2)MYSTERIOUS WAYS: "On your knees boy". PLEASE: "Get up off your knees, PLEASE". Maybe Bono really is having knee problems' - Atul Limaye

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