Track 6
Running Up That Hill (Reimagination)
Empathy becomes an impossible bargain as one person offers body, soul, and future to carry another person's pain.
Running Up That Hill (Reimagination) is track #6 of Reimagination.
Context
Inspired by “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” by Kate Bush. The new lyrics closely echo or paraphrase lyrical ideas from the reference song. No original recording or intentionally retained melody was used.
Lyrics
If I could tear the sky apart, I’d carve your name into the stars. Take your burden into me, Wear your sorrow, set you free. You’re drowning in a world of knives, Every breath a compromise. If pain could pass from you to me, I’d bear the weight willingly. If there’s a god that hears the weak, Or devils dealing in defeat, I’d bargain every piece of me To rewrite your history. Let me trade my soul, Let me carry your despair. If I could bleed instead of you, I’d face the cross you bear. Let me climb that hill, Let me make the deal— ’Cause I would fall, I would break, Just to let your heart heal. Your voice is thunder in my bones, A silent war no one knows. You hold your tears like shattered glass, Afraid to break, afraid to ask. If I could stand inside your skin, Feel the storms beneath your grin, Maybe then the world would see The hell you hide so quietly. If heaven bargains in regret, Or hell collects on unpaid debts, Name the price I have to pay— I’ll give my life away. Let me trade my soul, Let me carry your despair. If I could fall instead of you, I’d take the cross you bear. Let me climb that hill, Let me make the deal— I would crawl, I would break, Just to let your wounds heal. Take my breath, take my name, Take my light, take my flame. If the world demands a life, Let it swallow mine tonight. Put me in your place— Let me wear your chains. Tear my heart in two— Just to rescue you. Let me trade my soul, Let me carry your despair. If I could burn instead of you, I’d face the cross you bear. Let me climb that hill, Let me sign the deal— I would bleed, I would break, If your heart could heal. If I could tear the sky apart… I’d do it for you.
Process
This is an AI-assisted metalcore tribute by Urundgaard Sonderbar, with lyrics written in collaboration with GPT-5 and music and synthetic vocals created using Suno. It uses no original recordings and does not intentionally retain the reference song’s melody. Track-specific notes describe lyrical echoes or paraphrases. See Reimagination’s process and authorship notes for human contributions, source-use details, and the generation model.