The story of our single started when our guitarist Mark Bogert came into the studio with a demo for a new album track, already entitled: "Running Away" (which is unusual, because the working titles of our songs rarely become the final titles). We started working on it, and our keyboard player Gerben Klazinga had some ideas about the melodies.
Mark had a specific idea about the chorus: "Running - I'm Running..." Since we already had a basic melody which was also quite strong, I thought: we not take the best of both worlds and try to fit in both ideas? Which is what we ended up doing: Mark's idea was turned from chorus into a finale. The change of melody adds power to the song, and gives it a great ending.

Then came the part of finalising the lyrics, which is my department. I definitely wanted to keep in the Running Away part, which goes well with the frantic-paced music. It gives an impression of speed.

At the same time, it reminded me of our visit to New York during our 2012 USA tour, and especially how overwhelming the number of people in the streets can be, the size of everything.

So I was imagining what it must be like for someone who fears crowds like these, to go jogging in an intimidating environment like this, how his jogging turns into running, faster and faster, to outrun his fears, boosted by the adrenaline, combined with the surreal effect of the lights of the night life, turning night into day. This song is like the pace of New York: it never stops, it goes on like our terrified jogger, faster and faster...