Danny Elfman
Running on a Treadmill (2020)
[Pre-song]
Week four, isolation, going a little crazy, had this tune running around in my head - something I wrote a long time ago, but what the heck? Laid down some tracks, we're doing a real home video 'cos there's the director-writer-producer-cameraman-lighting-director-daughter Mali Elfman shooting me singing... this song
[Verse 1]
You got me so I'm running 'round and 'round in circles
You got me so I can't see my own face
You got me so I feel I've been like this forever
You've got me so I move without a trace
[Verse 2]
I know it's on your mind
But it's not what you think it is
I know it's on your mind
But it's not what you think it is
[Chorus]
Running on a treadmill after you
And I'm running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill after you
And I'm running on a treadmill now
[Verse 3]
You got me so I'm running 'round and 'round in circles
You got me so I'm moving upside-down
You got me so I'm coming, but I might be going
You got me so I never touch the ground
[Verse 4]
I know it's on your mind
But it's not what you think it is
I know it's on your mind
But it's not what you think it is
[Chorus]
Running on a treadmill after you
And I'm running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill after you
And I'm running on a treadmill now
[Verse 5]
You got me so I even doubt my own reflection
You got me so my heart is inside-out
You got me so my armour offers no protection
You got my head and body filled with doubt
[Verse 6]
I know it's on your mind
But it's not what you think it is
I know it's on your mind
But it's not what you think it is
[Outro]
Running on a treadmill after you
And I'm running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill after you
And I'm running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill now
Running on a treadmill now
[Post-song]
And... that's it