“You’ve got to be strong enough for love.” – ‘Everybody’s On The Run’
The amount of times I’ve seen on the internet a statement along the lines of ‘no one will love you if you don’t love yourself’ is sickening. Of course, it’s completely untrue. In ‘Everybody’s On The Run,’ Noel takes this ideology and twists it, saying that love – to love and to be loved – requires a person to have strength. This is much kinder to the insecurities of many, as it presents love as something to aspire to rather than a force to depend on. Love, like everything else, is not easy, and this song in particular emphasises the outcome of love, through its romanticised theatrical sound. As a whole, this song is arguably the best opening song on an album in the past few years.