“Now I Run” was co-written by Shannon Noll as a tribute to his father who lost his life due to a farming accident. Released in 2006, it describes the influence his father has had on his life and the hopes that he can be as great a father to his own children as his father was to him.
An interesting fact about the film clip for “Now I Run” is that it was filmed at a 150 year old farmhouse on the banks of the Hawkesbury River in Western Sydney, Australia, known as Ridge’s Dairy which is only 15 minutes drive from HeavenlyWhiteDoves headquarters.
Over the past 20 years we would regularly drive past this interesting historical building and notice its gradual deterioration. The photo below left is the google street view of the house in June 2014 when by then it was too rundown to safely be restored. On Friday 13th April 2018, as shown in the photo below right, the house completely crumpled to the ground and the ruins have now been removed so if you drive past the property today there is no evidence that this old house ever existed.
Lyrics
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 fathers eyes look back at meHe gave me a road to choose
He gave me freedom
And I pray I’m strong enough
To walk in his shoes
And I hope that I become
Half the man he’d want me to beCos I feel you guiding me
Showin’ me the way when I’m misdirected
I know your not here but I feel connectedCos everything that I am
Comes from a better man
And all that I’ve said and 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 they’re pushing me forward
Back into the circle againAnd I hope my son sees in me
The kind of man that he was to meAnd everything that I am
comes from a better man
And all that I’ve said and 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 runHe’s the best and the worst in meSometimes I don’t know where my common sense isI may be a sinner but my best defense isEverything that I amComes from a better manAll that I’ve said and I’ve doneCan’t rewrite my history Right there for all to seeI’m just my father’s sonI’m just my father’s sonTaught me to walk, now I run————————————————————Songwriters: Chris Porter / Peter Gordeno / Shannon NollNow I Run lyrics © Reservoir Media Management Inc’