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The Run Away Trilogy

by The Burgers

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1.
I was fifteen when I dead as a fighter Now I'm nineteen but I'm still like a fighter People always tell me don't be like a fighter Like a fighter Someone told me your friends won't always follow you But those monsters won't stop come after you Then I saw their feet across the other side of the line Why did you all run before me I think I know what this is trying to tell me The end of a fighter is only to die Only to die They have a thousand people but I'm still alone The only one on the other side of the line Well all my friends are just laughing at me Why don't you get out here If I could have a chance to go back in time Will I go back and say run to myself You have to find out what you lost in the struggle That's what you pay for You gotta wash the blood off your shirt You already can't tell who the blood belongs to I bet you're not gonna enjoy it It will never be the same
2.
I saw a blonde girl And her name was Michelle She told me she came from the 60s She was the first to run away She ran away from home Driving her new Malibu Trying to look for someone But she saw something on the road Do you see the threat behind us They with no flowers in their hair They've got shotguns in their hands But that's ok girl We can sleep on the road I just want to be With you guys do your thing We could learn nothing from the world All the interesting stuff is in our car Oh let's go where you wanna go Oh let's find something real high Yeah I know nothing is real high But that's ok girl We can sleep on the road Oh let's go where you wanna go Oh let’ s find something real high Yeah I know nothing is real high But that's ok girl We can sleep on the road But that's ok girl We can sleep on the road But that's ok girl We can sleep on the road
3.
You tell me there's a strange place always in your mind And that place is different from anywhere But you didn't know how to describe it until you meeting me It's no longer imaginary Look at the brand new sun shinning above your head Please forget all the dirty things of yesterday You don't need to worry about those monsters coming here Cause no one can find it on the maps You're always dreaming about running away I guess it's just another day Everything may be far away But someday we'll find that place There are many strange and pretty people living here But no artists and no writers and no bastards here Here we got everything there except the dirty library I will never let you see Turn off the radio we know nothing about the world The world has nothing to do with us anymore There's nothing here you were trying to get away Now they're all gone away, so far so far away You're always dreaming about running away I guess it's just another day Everything may be far away But someday we'll find that place You're always dreaming about running away I guess it's just another day Everything may be far away But someday we'll find that place Everything may be far away But someday we'll find that place Finally someday we found that place That place we call it Trailers Town

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You can consider these three songs as a continuation of "Stay or Run Away."

"Don't Be Like a Fighter" is still about my struggle between staying and running away. I often wonder if I had a chance to go back in time, would I choose to tell him, "Run!"? But I still can't bring myself to say those two words to myself back then. I don't know what else I could say besides, "I love you."

"Be With You Guys" features the name Michelle from The Mamas & the Papas, who represents the epitome of a blonde hippie girl from the 60s in my mind. I've always had a fantasy of wandering the American highways with someone like her in a Chevrolet Malibu. Speaking of this, I have to mention a very important video for me, titled [Late 1960s, early 1970s Groupie Doesn't Want to Go Home]. Due to my poor English, I didn't understand the entire video, but I cried from beginning to end. I don't know why I would cry for a video whose meaning I'm not even sure about, but something truly touched me. At the end of the video, a group of hippies is singing around the blonde girl, and when the song is over, the girl says, "Just be with you guys, do your thing." That's the only sentence I understood in the video. That girl's final words have become a symbol in my heart, and I want to write them on my guitar.

"Trailers Town"
Actually, this song didn't have this name before. Only those who have heard the whistling version of this song know what it's called. Haha.

----Zac Cheng Lee(电未)

Created, performed and recorded by Zac Cheng Lee from 2019 to 2022.

Album artwork and design by Zac Cheng Lee.



你可以把这三首歌看作是《留下还是逃跑》的延续。

《Don’t Be Like a Fighter》依然是我对于留下和逃跑之间的挣扎。我经常想,我要是有机会穿越回过去,我会不会选择对他说一声“快逃!”呢?但我依然不忍心对那时的自己说出这两个字,我不知道我除了对他说一声“我爱你”还能说出什么。

《Be With You Guys》歌词中的Michelle取用的是The Mamas & the Papas中Michelle的名字,她是我心目中60s金发嬉皮女孩的缩影。我之前一直有一个幻想,和一个这样的人开着一辆雪佛兰Malibu上在美国的公路上流浪。写到这不得不提起一段对我很重要的录像,标题是[Late 1960s, early 1970s Groupie Doesn’t Want to go Home],由于英语不好我整个视频都没看懂什么,但是我从头哭到了尾。我也不知道我为什么会为了一个连意思都不敢确定的视频流泪,但我能确定的事有些东西真的触动到我了。视频的结尾时一群嬉皮围着那个金发女孩唱歌,歌结束的时候女孩说了句话:Just be with you guys do your thing”,那是视频中我唯一一句听懂了的话。那个女孩最后说的话在我心中已经成了某种标志,我想把它写在吉他上。

《Trailers Town》
其实这首歌以前不叫这个名字的,只有听过这首歌口哨版的人才知道它叫什么。哈哈。

----电未

由电未于2019年至2022年创作、演奏和录制。

专辑封面设计由电未完成。

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released November 17, 2022

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The Burgers Glasgow, UK

The Burgers originated from Beijing, starting as Zac Joe‘s solo bedroom project. He started writing songs and producing them all in his bedroom from beginning of 2020.
In November 2023, Zac ran away to Glasgow, UK, unable to bear the dirty rock music scene in China, which glorifies pseudo-profundity, promiscuity, and misogyny. In the beginning of 2024, The Burgers was formed as a band in Glasgow.
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