what are u running up? - "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", 1985 by Kate Bush
the phrase "running up that hill" (road building) is a subtle extension of the idiom of the phrase "putting yourself in someone's shoes), meaning to imagine yourself in someone else's situation; Bush
would not only "swap shoes" or switch roles with a man but feels she could then "run up hills" or succeed om life much easier if she did.
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