Running on Borrowed Time

[Verse 1]

Footsteps pounding, breath like smoke,

shadows stretch where the neon broke.

You can hear the past behind you call,

but the alley narrows, and the echoes fall.

[Pre-Chorus]

The wind's got whispers laced with names,

a hand unseen still fans the flames.

You swore you'd never turn around,

but pavement screams in siren sounds.

[Chorus]

Run, run—faster than your sins,

but the night’s got hands, and the walls close in.

Truth ain't patient, fate don't lie,

you've been running on borrowed time.

[Verse 2]

Every streetlight hums with blame,

your name’s a smudge on a windowpane.

A ghost in glass stares back at you,

a face once known, now split in two.

[Pre-Chorus]

The road is long, the air is thin,

but every turn loops back again.

You thought escape was yours to find,

but shadows know the paths you wind.

[Chorus]

Run, run—faster than your sins,

but the night’s got hands, and the walls close in.

Truth ain't patient, fate don’t lie,

you've been running on borrowed time.

[Bridge]

You see it now, it was always there,

the weight you wore, the silent stare.

There’s no ahead, there’s no behind—

just the chase you etched inside your mind.

[Final Chorus]

Run, run—but you won’t win,

the night’s got hands, and it pulls you in.

Truth ain't patient, fate don’t lie,

you've been running on borrowed time.

-- Pradeep K (Prady)

Style:

D minor. Western cinematic. Saxophone lead. Harmonica for depth.