i'll drive into the light
no time for fears
as long as you're beside of me
the whispers in my ears
they are so clear
we're safe in the aftеrlife
cause they'll nеver let you get away

ooh-ooh-ooh, run away
RUN AWAY

makes no sense it didnt make the album

yeah i guess he couldn't find a place for it but it fr is maybe the prettiest weeknd song since devil may cry

you can change locations
you can change your name
they will always find a way
turn your life to nightmares
ready for the chase
they will always find a way

ooh-ooh-ooh, run away
ooh-ooh-ooh, run away

you can ask forgiveness
even when you pray
they will always find a way
my mama told me
it’d never be the same
they will always find a way

Hopefully this will be on streaming services soon as well as the other bonus tracks.

Closing Night is great, too.

this song is so pretty

this song really caught me off guard. i didn’t expect max & ilya to produce something this stripped down and haunting. it’s probably the prettiest thing they’ve ever done. just acoustic guitar, bass and a pad. it lets the weight of it all settle in.

at first i was just vibing to it. had it on loop like 40 times, not really thinking, just feeling. then the lyrics started hitting me more. that tired, haunted feeling creeping in. the kind that makes it even prettier somehow. like he’s not finding god in some big epiphany, he’s just exhausted. done chasing everything he’s been running after for decades. and maybe that’s the only way he could find peace.

it’s not triumphant, it’s surrender. but it’s honest. he’s not trying to outrun the darkness anymore. he’s just letting it catch him and in that, there’s something kind of beautiful.

he’s not finding god in some big moment. he’s just exhausted. done chasing everything he’s been running after for years. and maybe that’s the only way he ever finds peace.

it’s not triumphant, it’s surrender. but it’s honest. he’s not trying to outrun the darkness anymore. he’s letting it catch him. and there’s something kind of beautiful in that.

it almost feels like the answer to rolling stone, just years later, worn out. back then he was restless, chasing love, fame, validation — “until they all love me.” that line hits different now that they actually do.

but now it’s like… okay, we love him. he made it. he became everything he thought he wanted. and it still didn’t fill him. so instead of flexing it, he’s looking back at it with tired eyes. not bitter, not angry, just done. like he’s realized there’s no real “winning” in this. the recognition never brought peace.

god in this song doesn’t feel like a literal figure. it feels like the woman from rolling stone finally stripped of illusion not a lover, but the embodiment of fame, validation, the fanbase he could never trust. back then, she symbolized the love he wanted “until they all love me.” now, she’s still chasing him. still whispering. still turning his life to nightmares. he tried to change, to disappear, even to pray but “they always find a way.”

“turn your life to nightmares / ready for the chase” flips the script. he’s not just being chased, he was the one chasing. fame, validation, that impossible love. but now it feels like he can’t escape it. even when he prays. even when he tries to disappear. they always find a way.

this isn’t really about a relationship. it’s about the weight of everything he spent his life chasing. the love he could never fully hold. from others, from fans, from himself. and now he’s trying to let go not because he’s healed, but because he’s worn down. surrender feels like the only peace left.
he’s talking about god. but he’s also talking about us. 😭

Especially since he performed it at São Paulo

great read, love this interpretation

thank you i feel like it’s the perfect close to the weeknd era, one of my favorites in a while from him