Never Turn Back by Crush 40 (Closing Theme of Shadow the Hedgehog)(04:40)
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"Never Turn Back" is the ending theme for the game Shadow the Hedgehog. It was written and performed by Crush 40.

LyricsEdit

(40 sec. piano intro)

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!

Whoa, yeah, yeah! (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!)

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, and two steps back

Got a hundred-thousand pounds

Sitting on my back

Up, down, all around

Don't know quite what to do

To get through

But 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 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 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!)

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 straight

I 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

But 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 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 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!

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!

I’ll

I’ll

I'll never turn back!

Connection to GameEdit

• It's been a long rough road, and I'm finally here - Shadow remembering who he was at the end of Shadow the Hedgehog.
• Is it true? - Shadow not knowing who is telling the truth about his past and who he is.
• Got 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 of who to trust and who is telling the truth.
• Made it to the end of you - The end of Black Doom.
• Never had a chance, while I'm around - Shadow faced impossible odds, but still came out on top OR Shadow being the Ultimate Lifeform and nothing could defeat him.
• From this moment on I am moving on, and I'll never turn back - Shadow decides to let go of his past.
• One steps forward, and two steps back - When Shadow is so close to remembering his past he gets sent backwards again.
• Up, down, all around - Shadow's choice of who to believe about his identity OR Shadow needing to "keep moving" to find out who he is.

TriviaEdit

• If I Am... All of Me can be seen as Black Doom's opinion of himself and Shadow's perspective of the game's events, then Never Turn Back can be seen as Shadow's response to that and vice versa.
• The piano intro of the song is similar to the chorus of I Am... All of Me. The piano intro is actually the final song in the game called I Am... The Story Is Over.
• There is a stray piano key that is played just as the drums come in after the piano intro
• The song itself is a hard rock song that is typical to the band's style, but instead of a guitar riff at the beginning like most of their songs, it opens with lead singer Johnny Gioeli singing "Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah!"
• The chorus bears more than a passing resemblance to an unused track from Sonic & Knuckles Collection.

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