“Blue Eyed Runner is about my dad, and you can even hear a voice recording of him at the end of the track, which I cut up from a conversation we had on the phone when we were finishing off the record”.
- Ambrose Kenny-Smith, in an interview for So Sally Plays

Ambrose has stated that his parents separated when he was ten years old. Throughout the song, the lyrics reflect the artist’s perspective on his relationship with his father, a lone ranger who appears to keep his distance from the artist.