Chasing What I'm Running From Lyrics — RJ Sloane

Chasing What I'm Running From is a dark country song by R.J. Sloane about the moment a man finally stops long enough to hear the truth he's been outrunning his whole life.

Steel guitar that sounds like a train. A wailed confession that hits like iron on iron. Raw, relentless, and redemptive — this one doesn't let go.

Inspired by J.J. Westin in The Rustler Hunter.

VERSE 1

Riding at full gallop
Running all my life
Horse hooves pounding
Train whistle blows
Eyes stinging, heart gone cold
Buried under all this blood
Night nips at my heels
But this outlaw's gotta pay

CHORUS

Famous for all the wrong reasons
Never good enough for me
Fingers itching for victory
Ain't pulling back now
Coiled low, ready to leap
Nothing but air 'neath my feet
Taking flight on Mama's prayers
Death don't scare me
I'm already gone

VERSE 2

Hungry for the next horizon
Darkness filled with ghosts
Disgusted by the man I was
This sickness in my soul
Shackled to my shame
Powerless to change
Running hard, running blind
Never stopped long...
Why? I can't say

CHORUS

Famous for all the wrong reasons
Never good enough for me
Fingers itching for victory
Ain't pulling back now
Coiled low, ready to leap
Nothing but air 'neath my feet
Taking flight on Mama's prayers
Death don't scare me
I'm already gone

BRIDGE

Son, you ever think that thing you been chasing is the same thing you're trying to outrun?
Truth hit hard
Knocking me to my knees
Maybe it's 'bout time
Mama's prayers become mine

FINAL CHORUS

Famous for all the wrong reasons
Never good enough for me
Fingers itching for victory
Ain't pulling back now
Coiled low, ready to leap
Nothing but air 'neath my feet
Taking flight on Mama's prayers
Death don't scare me
I might be found

OUTRO

Wind screaming
Bone-shattering
Boots landing
Rising slow
Finding my feet
Adjusted to the speed
Of my final destiny

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