Running from the Grave

* Original 2013
* 2022 Re-release

"**Running from the Grave**" is a song performed by Gigi Rowe, originally released under her birth name Laura Warshauer. Initially it was released as a single on January 18, 2013.

It was re-released two times after; The first re-release was on February 3, 2013 under the Gigi Rowe name, and then on July 15, 22022, as the fourth single of her third studio album **Laura**.

## Background

The song was first performed at Lollapalooza on August of 2012. Later on 2013, she cited the song as a creative turning point:

"*That represents exactly where I want to be — it has that left-of-center pop sound with a simplicity and the integrity that I’m looking to hold onto,” she says.*"
The song was intended to be the title track for her cancelled third studio album of the same name, and was additionally intended for an album sampler for that album. The song was played on some radio stations during interviews made for Rowe on December of 2012 along with "*Somebody for Me*".

On April 25, 2022, Rowe played the song in an Instagram livestream, and mentioned that the song is set to be featured on her third studio album **Laura**. On July 14, 2022, she announced that the track was going to be released as the fourth single at midnight. On the same post she mentioned:

"*I’ll never forget the night I made this record in North Hollywood. I could barely talk, and my voice was completely shot. Stepping up to the mic, the sounds on this record were all I had. I remember walking into the studio, instinctively knowing it was going to be epic.*"
## Theme

According to Rowe, the song is about how she is as both a person and a artist, reflecting how is her as a New Jersey girl.

## Music Video

In a interview about Lollapalooza 2012 she confirmed that she was going to record a music video of the song. The music video was directed by Tolga Katas and released on April 12, 2013. It was later made private. As of 2014 the video has not surfaced.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Looking at the ground around you

They [?], i hate this

Staring at the blue [?]

Just wasted, i take this

**[Pre-Chorus 1]**

And show the key, close my eyes

I'm looking at it in another night

The game is late, the gun is lonely

Lonely

**[Chorus]**

Just a little cool, just a little lose, just a little [?]

Just a little rush, just a little ruff, just a little harder

I'm a runaway, running from the grave like a runaway

Gonna run away, running from the grave like a runaway

**[Verse 2]**

Telling all the past of fast [?]

Empty, just let me

Staring at the screen, screen

Forgive me, forgive me

**[Pre-Chorus 2]**

Turn the key at the dark

I'm looking at it in another night

The game is late, the gun is louder

I'm broken

**[Chorus]**

Just a little cool, just a little lose, just a little [?]

Just a little rush, just a little ruff, just a little harder

I'm a runaway, running from the grave like a runaway

Gonna run away, running from the grave like a runaway

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Run in louder, loud won

Then you get me

Taste on sweet on my eyes on

Drive me crazy

**[Chorus]**

Just a little cool, just a little lose, just a little [?]

Just a little rush, just a little ruff, just a little harder

I'm a runaway, running from the grave like a runaway

Gonna run away, running from the grave like a runaway

**[Outro]**

I'm a runaway, running from the grave like a runaway

## Trivia

* "**Running from the Grave**" is the last release of Gigi Rowe as Laura Warshauer.
	+ The first re-release of the song is the first release as Gigi Rowe.
* "**Running from the Grave**" is the first song whose cover art (the original one) shows Rowe using a wig, this will not happend again until the release of "*Cover Me Up*" in 2017.
	+ The photo used in the original cover art was taken by Tolga Katas, which also directed the music video.
* "**Running from the Grave**" and "*Lonely Together*" are the only songs to have been re-released.
* "**Running from the Grave**" was the last release of Rowe in Pink Chariot Music until the release of "*Warrior*" in 2019.
* Jonathan Malone is only credited on the BMI repertoire and album credits, while Annie Dingwall is only credited on the single release.
* According to a deleted post on the deleted Gigi Rowe facebook page, she took PJ Bianco by surprise at midnight to record the song.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-laura-warshauer/
2. ↑ http://medleyville.us/making-things-right\_laura-warshauer\_feature/
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story\_fbid=501359953222010&id=216192331738775
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf\_0GpOAMEK/
5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story\_fbid=327215534068166&id=216192331738775