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 by Soul Asylum 

 
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"Runaway Train" is a song by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in May 1993 by Columbia Records as the third single from their sixth album, Grave Dancers Union (1992). 
The power ballad became a success around the world, reaching numbers five and four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and helped bring Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level and won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1994.

Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" is about lead singer Dave Pirner's battle with depression, using a runaway train as a metaphor for feeling out of control, but its iconic music video famously featured real missing children, turning the song into a powerful awareness campaign that helped find many lost kids. 

The Music Video's Impact:
Director Tony Kaye suggested featuring real photos and names of missing children, transforming the personal song into a public service announcement.
The video showed photographs and names of missing children, and ended with a plea from Pirner: “If you’ve seen one these kids, or you are one of them, please call this number.”
The video's widespread airing led to the recovery of dozens of missing children and teens, making it one of MTV's most impactful videos and saving lives.

"Runaway Train" became an iconic anthem for lost youth and a vital tool for finding missing people .

"Runaway Train"
 

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really lead myself astray

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mysteries seem so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am, just drowning in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

And everything seems cut and dry
Day and night
Earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch, a little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train tearing up the track
Runaway train burning in my veins
I run away but it always seems the same

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