Stauber, Jack - Runaway Lyrics






You keep your distance that's for sure
You led me to believe you're an open door
But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
You handed fiction out in paperback
Eight hundred pages
Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

When I'm nice you're disinterested
When I'm an asshole you're offended
You're a lure with no prize
A chase with no catch
You're perfect
Runaway
Though I'm never gonna lock you down
You're always gonna be around
If I follow slow
You'll wait up for me
You're to blame
Runaway

There's a problem with your temperature
I did my best
I tried my best
To warm you down
But you froze my thermometer
Your time is a magical thing
Like this curse that you put on me
If you aren't willing to give me yours
Why should I waste mine

When I'm nice you're disinterested
When I'm an asshole you're offended
You're a lure with no prize
A chase with no catch
You're perfect
Runaway
Though I'm never gonna lock you down
You're always gonna be around
If I follow slow
You'll wait up for me
You're to blame
Runaway

If my mind could turn back time
I'd find myself and warn him that
You're perfect
Runaway
Girl some day
I'll find a way
To break away
From your luring eyes
You're to blame
Runaway





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  1. Y.... P....

    Amo esta canción ❤🎶
    Ahora es mi canción favorita 🎶✨💕😍

  2. B.... ....

    Does this remind anyone else of his other song: "I understand"?

  3. K.... ....

    This is such an amazing song wow!

  4. M.... ....

    Man me recuerda a la musica de matilda no se porque :0

  5. A.... S....

    Wow, this sounds like my ex before she tore out my heart and left me for dead

  6. B.... ....

    The beginning sounds like money talks by acdc

  7. A.... ....

    All of jack's songs are great, but this one resonates deep

  8. S.... g....

    DO NOT CUSS >:(


    /s

  9. L.... C....

    Just found my new favorite Jack Stauber song

  10. C.... P....

    This is one of those songs you understand a lot better when you're going through it

  11. r.... s....

    This should be a Disney song!

  12. C.... ....

    The ultimate ''nice guy'' song

  13. F.... ....

    they should use this song for stranger things

  14. I.... S....

    Every song in this album carrys a form of sadness

    I.... S....

    In a happy way

    I.... S....

    @Brandonez Doofenshmirtz yep

  15. G.... U....

    Weirdly reminds me of Rusted Root.

  16. T.... ....

    I love this song so much but I can't figure out what he says *right before* the chorus about when he's nice they're disinterested. I think I hear something like "And that is the--" but I'm lost from there. Any ideas?

    T.... ....

    "and I read every last word"

    T.... ....

    @HDSoil OH COOL thank you so much--omg is it the same line for 2:39 too? I really appreciate it btw

    T.... ....

    Teelia I don’t think so. I’ll figure it out later

    T.... ....

    @HDSoil Alright thank you!!! I'm still trying to figure it out myself but have had nothing yet, hahaha

  17. H.... W....

    I love the 80s vibe 😍

    H.... W....

    yes jack stauber is whole like that

  18. E.... S....

    this song makes me want to hike a slightly chilly mountain just to smell the air

  19. �.... A....

    OH MY GOD hE SOUND SO YOUNG I LOVE HIM AAAAAAAaaAaAAAaaaaAaAaaAaaaaaaaaaaAA <3 <3 <3

  20. M.... M....

    Reminds me of the ballroom scene from laybrinth.

  21. �.... �....

    this album is very underrated, it breaks my heart

  22. S.... B....

    I’m the funny guy in my friend group, so I usually push my problems away to joke around and make my friends cut up, but that’s the only reason they are my friends. Because I’m funny enough for them. And this song, lets me forget that kind of stuff, that irrational paranoia. It helps me feel better. Just want that to be out there, to those of you who experience it too, or to Jack himself, for creating this, to let them know I’m here.

  23. O.... ....

    How am I just finding this song

  24. G.... ....

    Why is everyone sleeping on this?!

  25. S.... P....

    This song is for the broken hearted

  26. J.... P....

    I'm telling Jack Stauber said a bad word

  27. M.... ....

    This song gives me a good feeling

  28. F.... G....

    This song has always been a huge ass mood, and I don’t why

  29. F.... ....

    finite form is very underrated

    F.... ....

    an underrated album from an underrated artist

  30. g.... e....

    The songs from this album are so different than usual, I love them

  31. T.... M....

    One of my favorites <3

  32. S.... I....

    LYRICS

    You keep your distance that's for sure
    You led me to believe you're an open door
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
    You handed fiction out in paperback
    Eight hundred pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    There’s a problem with your temperature
    I did my best
    I tried my best
    To warm you down
    But you froze my thermometer
    Your time is a magical thing
    Like this curse that you put on me
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours
    Why should I waste mine

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    If my mind could turn back time
    I'd find myself and warn him that
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Girl some day
    I'll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway

  33. L.... M....

    As much as I love Jack's newer artistic style of music, I wish he still made music like this. This reminds me of David Bowie and Vampire Weekend

    L.... M....

    Your still alive? Pass out and die

    L.... M....

    Have you heard Candy Eyes from Pop Food?

    L.... M....

    god i would kill for him to make a remaster of smooth

    L.... M....

    Samuel Powers yeah, same!

  34. N.... 9....

    Just to add more comments

    N.... 9....

    t r u e s t o r y b r o . . .

  35. E.... .....

    glad to be the 420th like, keep up the great work jack :D

  36. A.... T....

    He said asshole XD I didn't know he cussed I'm okay with it lmao

    A.... T....

    Alex The dragon Listen to me night

    A.... T....

    Listen to existential genius

  37. A.... H....

    I never thought I could love him more but then I hear this song right when I need to.

  38. G.... B....

    You keep your distance that's for sure
    You led me to believe you're an open door
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
    You handed fiction out in paperback
    Eight hundred pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    There’s a problem with your temperature
    I did my best
    I tried my best
    To warm you down
    But you froze my thermometer
    Your time is a magical thing
    Like this curse that you put on me
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours
    Why should I waste mine

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    If my mind could turn back time
    I'd find myself and warn him that
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Girl some day
    I'll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway

  39. M.... S....

    So underrated. Such an amazing song

  40. B.... H....

    Lyrics:
    You keep your distance that's for sure 
    You led me to believe you're an open door 
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise 
    You handed fiction out in paperback 
    Eight hundred pages 
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested 
    When I’m an asshole you're offended 
    You’re a lure with no prize 
    A chase with no catch 
    You're perfect 
    Runaway 
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down 
    You're always gonna be around 
    If I follow slow 
    You’ll wait up for me 
    You're to blame 
    Runaway 

    There’s a problem with your temperature 
    I did my best 
    I tried my best 
    To warm you down 
    But you froze my thermometer 
    Your time is a magical thing 
    Like this curse that you put on me 
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours 
    Why should I waste mine 

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested 
    When I’m an asshole you're offended 
    You’re a lure with no prize 
    A chase with no catch 
    You're perfect 
    Runaway 
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down 
    You're always gonna be around 
    If I follow slow 
    You’ll wait up for me 
    You're to blame 
    Runaway 

    If my mind could turn back time 
    I'd find myself and warn him that 
    You're perfect 
    Runaway 
    Girl some day 
    I'll find a way 
    To break away 
    From your luring eyes 
    You’re to blame 
    Runaway

  41. B.... U....

    So no one noticed that spongebob laugh at 1:05

  42. G.... S....

    Imagine being in a relationship where you are giving so much and they used to as well but don't anymore and they grow distant and always upset and there's nothing you can do to fix it but be there with an empty reason

    G.... S....

    yeah just IMAGINE that

    G.... S....

    Don’t need to..

    G.... S....

    Been there lmao

    G.... S....

    Why I was fixated the minute I heard it! It was one of those "oh shit he can read my mind" songs

  43. V.... S....

    Woooahh!!! I think I just got the lyric "If you're willing to give me yours, why should I waste mine?"

    V.... S....

    Whats that meaning?!

    V.... S....

    @Kate KreeperKing It means time.

    V.... S....

    @Rocka Kaysa k thanks

    V.... S....

    I heard "if your willing to give me yours, why should I waste my time?"

  44. -.... S....

    jack Stauber deserves so much more recognition!

  45. r.... g....

    When i saw the title i thought of Mars Argo

    r.... g....

    you have good taste

    r.... g....

    Agreeeeeeed

  46. P.... ....

    You keep your distance that's for sure
    You led me to believe you're an open door
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
    You handed fiction out in paperback
    Eight hundred pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    There’s a problem with your temperature
    I did my best
    I tried my best
    To warm you down
    But you froze my thermometer
    Your time is a magical thing
    Like this curse that you put on me
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours
    Why should I waste mine

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    If my mind could turn back time
    I'd find myself and warn him that
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Girl some day
    I'll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway

  47. n.... ....

    You keep your distance that's for sure 
    You led me to believe you're an open door 
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise 
    You handed fiction out in paperback 
    Eight hundred pages 
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested 
    When I’m an asshole you're offended 
    You’re a lure with no prize 
    A chase with no catch 
    You're perfect 
    Runaway 
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down 
    You're always gonna be around 
    If I follow slow 
    You’ll wait up for me 
    You're to blame 
    Runaway 

    There’s a problem with your temperature 
    I did my best 
    I tried my best 
    To warm you down 
    But you froze my thermometer 
    Your time is a magical thing 
    Like this curse that you put on me 
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours 
    Why should I waste mine 

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested 
    When I’m an asshole you're offended 
    You’re a lure with no prize 
    A chase with no catch 
    You're perfect 
    Runaway 
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down 
    You're always gonna be around 
    If I follow slow 
    You’ll wait up for me 
    You're to blame 
    Runaway 

    If my mind could turn back time 
    I'd find myself and warn him that 
    You're perfect 
    Runaway 
    Girl some day 
    I'll find a way 
    To break away 
    From your luring eyes 
    You’re to blame 
    Runaway

  48. r.... ....

    This song breaks me, jack you’re a genius

  49. R.... E....

    Omg! Did Jack just say “asshole”?! I’m literally crying and shaking rn he would never do this.

    R.... E....

    @Francisco Animations after the line "inchman, inchman, why'd you take so long" he says "oh what the hell did i do?"


    very mild swear but still

    R.... E....

    Robert Edwards how not cool >:(

    R.... E....

    @GOLDEN FOX r/woooosh

  50. R.... K....

    Kinda reminds me of Weezer and I love it.

  51. H.... ?....

    “When I’m asshole you’re offended”

    H.... ?....

    I love your  p r o f i l e p i c t u r e . *_G O R I L L A Z_*

  52. V.... S....

    This song like encompasses the word compassion. You've done it again Jack!

  53. K.... ....

    You keep your distance, that’s for sure.
    You led me to believe you’re an open door!

    But when I reach for your hand oh!
    I learn otherwise.
    You hand affection out in paper bags.
    800 pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom, with the words “come here”.

    When I’m nice you’re disinterested, when I’m an asshole you’re offended.

    You’re lure with no prize,
    a chase with no catch
    You’re perfect, Runaway!

    Though I’m never gonna lock you down, I’m always gonna be around.
    If I follow slowly
    You’ll wait up for me.
    You’re to blame, Runaway!

    There’s a problem with your temperature.
    I did my best, I tried my best to warm you down, but you froze my thermometer!
    Your time is a magical thing, like, this curse that you put on me.
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours, why should I waste mine!

    When I’m nice you’re disinterested, when I’m an asshole you’re offended.

    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You’re perfect, Runaway!

    Though I’m never gonna lock you down, I’m always gonna be around.
    If I follow slowly
    You’ll wait up for me
    You’re to blame, Runaway!

    If my mind could turn back time
    I’d find myself and warn him that
    You’re perfect, Runaway!

    Girl someday
    I’ll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway


    (Hell yeah this song is just yes!)

  54. N.... M....

    Me and my brother are contributing so many views to this

    N.... M....

    a few years ago Youtube counted views in a way where if you view it more than once on the same account it will not add a view to the number. this was implemented to keep people from using viewbots.

  55. I.... a....

    The lyrics here (for me at least,) are a bit hard to hear, so...







    [Verse 1]
    You keep your distance that's for sure
    You led me to believe you're an open door
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
    You handed fiction out in paperback
    Eight hundred pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    [Chorus]
    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    [Verse 2]
    There’s a problem with your temperature
    I did my best
    I tried my best
    To warm you down
    But you froze my thermometer
    Your time is a magical thing
    Like this curse that you put on me
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours
    Why should I waste mine

    [Chorus]
    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    [Outro]
    If my mind could turn back time
    I'd find myself and warn him that
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Girl some day
    I'll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway

  56. H.... R....

    This song is heavily underrated. I love this.

    H.... R....

    This comment is heavily underrated. More Likes

    H.... R....

    It makes me super happy

    H.... R....

    I think he was like 20 When he published this
    This man was born to be great

    H.... R....

    One of my favorite songs, highly agreed.

  57. F.... D....

    You keep your distance that's for sure
    You led me to believe you're an open door
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
    You handed fiction out in paperback
    Eight hundred pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    There’s a problem with your temperature
    I did my best
    I tried my best
    To warm you down
    But you froze my thermometer
    Your time is a magical thing
    Like this curse that you put on me
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours
    Why should I waste mine

    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    If my mind could turn back time
    I'd find myself and warn him that
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Girl some day
    I'll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway

  58. F.... ....

    [Verse 1]
    You keep your distance that's for sure
    You led me to believe you're an open door
    But when I reached for your handle I learned otherwise
    You handed fiction out in paperback
    Eight hundred pages
    Lined from the top to the bottom with the words come here

    [Chorus]
    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    [Verse 2]
    There’s a problem with your temperature
    I did my best
    I tried my best
    To warm you down
    But you froze my thermometer
    Your time is a magical thing
    Like this curse that you put on me
    If you aren’t willing to give me yours
    Why should I waste mine

    [Chorus]
    When I'm nice you’re disinterested
    When I’m an asshole you're offended
    You’re a lure with no prize
    A chase with no catch
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Though I'm never gonna lock you down
    You're always gonna be around
    If I follow slow
    You’ll wait up for me
    You're to blame
    Runaway

    [Outro]
    If my mind could turn back time
    I'd find myself and warn him that
    You're perfect
    Runaway
    Girl some day
    I'll find a way
    To break away
    From your luring eyes
    You’re to blame
    Runaway

  59. D.... c....

    Lovely lyrics!

  60. s.... s....

    wHoAh this is rlly good!!!!!! the music triggers emotions impossible to describe, and its amazing

    s.... s....

    Hi Ibuki Mioda

    s.... s....

    So true