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And 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'll 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 backโฆ
(No!)
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!
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 straightโฆ
I head straightโฆ
And 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 atโฆ
But I'm on my wayโฆ
(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 while I'm around (no, no)
No, no, no, no
And 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'll 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 backโฆ
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!
I'llโฆ
I'llโฆ
I'll never turn back!
Connection to the game[]
It's been a long, rough road, and I'm finally here - Shadow remembering who he was at the end of the game.
I move an inch forward, it feels like a year - Shadow's feelings about how slow his progress is.
Everything I feel seems so unreal, Is it true? - Shadow not knowing who is telling the truth about his past and who he is.
I take one step forward, and two steps back - Throughout both Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog, every time Shadow learns something new about his past, it just confuses him more, such as remembering his "death" and then learning about the Shadow Androids.
Got a hundred-thousand pounds sitting on my back - Shadow feels like he is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, or Shadow transporting the Black Comet into the range of the Eclipse Cannon.
Up, down, all around - Shadow's choice of whom to believe about his identity or Shadow needing to "keep moving" to find out who he is.
Don't know quite what to do to get through - Shadow, unsure of whom to trust and who is telling the truth.
Made it to the end of you - Shadow reaching Black Doom's final form, Devil Doom.
Never had a chance, while I'm around - Shadow faced impossible odds, but still came out on top, or Shadow thinking that since he is the Ultimate Lifeform, nothing could and will defeat him
Now I'll never turn back, I'll never turn that way - Shadow intends to move forwards with his life.
No matter how life tries to face me, I turn the other way - Shadow's contrary nature; he is not going to let people tell him what to do.
From this moment on, I am moving on, and I'll never turn back - Shadow decides to let go of his crisis-heavy past and continue on in life.
Trivia[]
The intro to the song is a piano rendition of the chorus of โI am.. all of meโ.
In Shadow the Hedgehog, the version of the song featured in the Sound Test lacks said piano intro, which is instead listed as a separate "event" track.
The melody of the chorus bears a slight resemblance to an unused track from the Sonic 3 Nov. 3, 1993 prototype. The similarities are likely coincidental.
