Now I Run is a song by Australian singer Shannon Noll. Released in 2006, it was the third single from Noll’s second album, Lift.
The song is written in honour of Noll’s father, who was killed in a tragic farming accident. Their close relationship is clearly evident, with the lyrics of the chorus in...
Tell me how the circle ends
There's no beginning
Everything that came before
Will come round again
And I look in the mirror
My father's eyes look back at me
He gave me a road to choose
He gave me freedom
And I pray I'm strong enough
To walk in his shoes
And I, I hope that I become
Half the man he wants me to be
Cause I feel you guiding me
Showing me the way when I'm misdirected
I know your not here
But I feel connected
Cause everything that I am
Comes from a better man
And all that I've said I've done
Can't rewrite my history
Right there for all to see
I'm just my father's son
Taught me to walk, now I run
Now I run
Sometimes when I lose myself
In my weakness
I can feel the touch of his unmistakable hands
And their pushing me forward
Back into the circle again
And I hope my son sees in me
The kind of man that he was to me
And everything that I am
Comes from a better man
And all that I've said I've done
Can't rewrite my history
Right there for all to see
I'm just my father's son
Taught me to walk, now I run
I run
He's the best and the worst of me
Sometimes I don't know where my common sense is
I may be a sinner
But my best defense is
Everything that I am
Comes from a better man
And all that I've said I've done
Can't rewrite my history
Right here for all to see
I'm just my father's son
Yeah oh
I'm just my father's son
Taught me to walk
Now I run
Now I Run was written by Peter Gordeno & Shannon Noll & Chris Porter.
Shannon Noll released Now I Run on Sat Apr 22 2006.