One of the better song off of an amazing album. While the video for this song is pretty interesting, I actually prefer the full length version on the album. There is also a 34 minute short film to go along with the song that you should check out at some point.
This track starts off with a few simple notes played over and and over on a piano, which becomes the frame for the song. This song comes off as very sincere for a hip hop track because of the instrument choices. The drums are simple but come through clearly. A lot of the other sounds are understated but meaningful.
On this Kanye choose to sing most of his lyrics as opposed to rapping. This helps to further support the sincerity of the song. The focus of the song is about someone coming to terms that they are the problem in a relationship, and giving their partner an out. He's literally telling them that it would be best for them to runaway from him as fast as they can and don't look back.
The feature on this track, Pusha T, contrasts the message Kanye is trying to send. He speaks of admitting that he has bad tendencies, but he doesn't really care and that if you leave you're not going to find anything better. The song could have existed without the feature, but it doesn't detract from it too much since it's short.
Runaway is from the album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" which is definitely worth a listen or twenty, your call.
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