Safety Pin
by Running Red Lights
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A plaintive acoustic heart-breaker with both sound and sentiment that echo in the cannon of classic 50's AM country radio. Safety Pin has deep country bona fides; weeping slide guitar and the melodic integrity and warmth of a Patsy Cline ballad. The song showcases a more subdued side of Running Red Lights, stripping away the packaging and letting the contents of the delicately heartbreaking lyrics un-spool. The unrelenting ache of living a life of loveless stagnation reverberates in Kevin Howley and Scarlett Flynn's tear-stained voices, packing a serious emotional wallop.
lyrics
LYRICS:
Nothing grows except the ache in here
It was suppose to be a night, a day
We never agreed to years
But here we are
On a sea we rowed a while ago
If that water hadn't been so cold we'd have floated away
Far far away
Far from you and you from me
What happens to a lovers dream when it's been deferred
Well here we
We're pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Who knows enough to say it all works out?
I guess we feared the movin' on and decided what the hell
Now here we are
We're fastened like a safety pin
The comfort got so settled in we couldn't get away
Now we're far away
From anything that looks like love
No we don't talk and when we touch we are
Pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Fastened on we won't let go
No matter how it hurts us both, we stay
Pinned inside this hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Yes we're pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
We're pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Nothing grows except the ache in here
It was suppose to be a night, a day
We never agreed to years
But here we are
On a sea we rowed a while ago
If that water hadn't been so cold we'd have floated away
Far far away
Far from you and you from me
What happens to a lovers dream when it's been deferred
Well here we
We're pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Who knows enough to say it all works out?
I guess we feared the movin' on and decided what the hell
Now here we are
We're fastened like a safety pin
The comfort got so settled in we couldn't get away
Now we're far away
From anything that looks like love
No we don't talk and when we touch we are
Pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Fastened on we won't let go
No matter how it hurts us both, we stay
Pinned inside this hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
Yes we're pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
We're pinned inside a hard embrace with someone we never loved in the first place
credits
released November 1, 2019
Song written by Kevin Howley and Scarlett Flynn
Recorded at Dream Date Studios, Toronto, Canada
Produced by Kevin Howley
Mixed by Joshua Van Tassel
Pedal Steel Performed by Michael Eckert
Song written by Kevin Howley and Scarlett Flynn
Recorded at Dream Date Studios, Toronto, Canada
Produced by Kevin Howley
Mixed by Joshua Van Tassel
Pedal Steel Performed by Michael Eckert
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Running Red Lights Toronto, Ontario
Born into a space between the notes of Fleetwood Mac and the words of Sylvia Plath. We are Running Red Lights. Back in 2006 we were on our way to catch a train when we we fell into yesterday's sunset...
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