Never Turn Back

"Never Turn Back" is the final ending theme for the game Shadow the Hedgehog, and was written by Crush 40.

Lyrics
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(40 sec. piano intro)

It's been a long, rough road

And I'm finally here

I move an inch forward

Feels like a year

Everything I feel

Seems so unreal

Is it true?

Is it true?

I take one step forward, Two steps back

I have a hundred-thousand pounds

Sitting on my back

Up, down, All around

Don't know quite what to do

To get through

Well I'm on my way

On my way

On my way

On my way

Here I am (Here I am)

Made it to

The end of you

Never had a chance when I'm around (No, No)

No, No, No, No

Well now I'll never turn back ( I'll Never turn back)

I'll never turn that way

No matter how life tries to face me

I turn the other way

Now and then (Now and then)

My head starts to spin (Starts to spin)

''But I'll never turn back....again! (No, No)''

From this moment on (Moment on)

I am moving on (Moving on)

''And I'll never turn back! '' No!

I guess I'm doing alright 

And I'm on my way

Facing every moment

Day by day

Take a chance, slip on by

Got no time to answer why

Head straight

Head straight

What will I become if I don't look back?

Give myself a reason, for this and that

I can learn

No U-turn

I will stay right here

Where I'm at

Where I'm at

Well I'm on my way

On my way

On my way

On my way

Well here I am (Here I am)

Made it to

The end of you

Never had a chance when I'm around (No, No)

No, No, No, No

Well now I'll never turn back (Never turn back)

I'll never turn that way

No matter how life tries to face me

I'll turn the other way

Now and then (Now and then)

My head starts to spin (Starts to spin)

''I'll never turn back....again! (No,No)''

From this moment on (Moment on)

I am moving on (Moving on)

''And I'll never turn back! ''

No!

I’ll

I’ll

I'll never turn back!

Connection to Game
Is it true?-Shadow not knowing who is telling the truth about his past and who he is.

I have a hundred-thousand pounds sitting on my back-Shadow carrying the weight of the whole world OR Super Shadow transporting the Black Comet into space and throwing it into the range of the Eclipse Cannon.

Don't know quite what to do to get through-Shadow unsure who to trust and who is telling the truth.

The end of you-The end of the Black Arms OR the end of Shadow searching for who he truly is.

I am moving on-Shadow putting the past behind him.

Never had a chance while I'm around-The Black Arms never had a chance of winning when Shadow was around.

From this moment on-From the final ending of the game

Trivia

 * If I Am... All of Me can be seen as Black Doom's opinion of himself, then Never Turn Back can be seen as Shadow's response to that.


 * The piano intro of the song is similar to one verse of I Am... All of Me
 * There is a stray piano key that is played just as the drums come in after the piano intro