Easier to Run
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| "Easier To Run" | ||
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| Song by Linkin Park | ||
| from the album Meteora | ||
| Released | 25 March 2003 | |
| Recorded | 2002 | |
| Genre | Nu metal | |
| Length | 3:24 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Writer(s) | ? | |
| Producer(s) | Don Gilmore | |
| Meteora track listing | ||
| Hit The Floor (Linkin Park song) (5) |
"Easier To Run" | Faint (7) |
"Easier To Run" is the 6th track of the Linkin Park album Meteora.
Interview with Mike Shinoda ,March 2003 ShoutWeb
In the next song, "Easier To Run", Rob is just killing the drums. It's my favorite song that he's done. You listen to the song and you enjoy the song or whatever but if you listen back and just listen to the drums, he's playing some very complex stuff. A drummer who's only got a couple of years under their belt is not going to be able to play that song. I'm really happy for Rob on that song. I think he really pulled it off.
Lyrically, it's kind of about escapism in a way. I think that's a really familiar topic for myself and for a lot of people in the world. If that weren't the case, then movie ticket sales wouldn't be so high. People go out and do things to get away from their life. That's what the song is about, it's easier to run away from your problems then to face them. We elaborate on that theme in the song. I think that one came together pretty quickly as far as lyrics go, which is nice. For us, it feels like magic when the lyrics to a song just come together in a couple of days. It's really a special kind of feeling.
It's just tough because for a lot of these songs, Chester and I in general, because we don't have the same life, we are talking about different things a little bit but when they come together in the song, it becomes one story. Sometimes I worry if I'm telling too much of my side of it because it is open to interpretation, even from the two of us a little bit, not much, but a little bit.
