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Runaway Frequency
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Electronic
Runaway Frequency was released on May 8, 2026 by Ben as a part of the album Dead Air - EP
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Release DateMay 8, 2026
LabelBen
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM114

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ben
Ben
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Benjamin Laprade
Benjamin Laprade
Composer

Lyrics

City lights flicker like a warning sign
Everybody drowning in the same online life
Same fake smiles in the neon glow
Same empty conversations we already know
You looked at me like "Are you tired too?"
Like you felt the weight of this whole world move
So we drove nowhere past 2 AM
Windows down, trying to breathe again
Billboards screaming what we're supposed to be
But none of it sounds like you and me
Maybe we don't need all these voices tonight
Maybe silence finally sounds right
So let the streetlights blur behind us
Leave the static where they'll find us
For one night, we don't gotta pretend
Let's disappear into the dark blue
Runaway frequency, just me and you
No notifications, no breaking news
No noise telling us what we should do
Just your hand in mine and the highway lines
Like a pulse underneath the night sky
If the whole world's falling apart lately
Maybe we save ourselves temporarily
Radio fading into distant ghosts
Old songs sounding like the people we miss most
And every mile feels like shedding skin
Like maybe we can become ourselves again
You laugh for real for the first time in weeks
Not the kind everybody posts to feed
The kind that makes your whole soul show
God, I almost forgot that glow
Maybe freedom ain't a place we find
Maybe it's just peace for a little while
Maybe healing starts with getting lost
Far away from everything it cost
Let the engines sing beneath us
Leave the chaos trying to reach us
For one night, we don't gotta explain
Let's disappear into the dark blue
Runaway frequency, just me and you
No politicians, no algorithm views
No fear trying to tell us who to choose
Just your hand in mine and the dashboard light
Like a heartbeat cutting through the night
If the whole world's going insane lately
Maybe we save ourselves temporarily
And maybe tomorrow the noise comes back
Maybe reality still waits for us after this
But right now the stars feel close enough to touch
And for the first time in forever
I can finally hear my own thoughts again
So let's disappear into the sunrise
Runaway frequency, red tired eyes
No expectations, no disguise
Just two lost souls trying to feel alive
And maybe we can't outrun pain
Maybe the world's still gonna stay the same
But for one night we were more than scared
More than broken, more than impaired
We were alive beneath those satellite skies
Like two small signals refusing to die
City gone, radio low
Open road, nowhere to go
And somehow that finally felt like freedom
Written by: Benjamin Laprade
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