Find Yourself
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| "Find Yourself" | |
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| Recorded by | Brad Paisley |
| Written by | Brad Paisley |
| Album | Cars Soundtrack Disney's Karaoke Series: Cars (David Jeremiah cover and instrumental) |
| Length | 4:11 |
| Used in | Cars |
"Find Yourself" is a song, sung by Brad Paisley, that was the 2nd song to play in the credits of Cars, after John Mayer's version of "Route 66", the song is also dedicated to the memory of Joe Ranft. It also plays in the scene when Lightning McQueen is repaving the road with Bessie on his third day in Radiator Springs.
This song serves as track 8 on the Cars soundtrack. An instrumental version is featured on Disney's Karaoke Series: Cars as well as a vocal version sung by David Jeremiah, it was also covered by Canadian singer-songwriter and actor Drew Seely as featured on Disneymania 5.
Lyrics
- [Verse 1]
- When you find yourself
- In some far off place
- And it causes you
- To rethink some things
- You start to sense
- That slowly you're becoming someone else
- And then you find yourself
- [Verse 2]
- When you make new friends
- In a brand new town
- And you start to think
- About settling down
- The things that would have been lost on you
- Are now clear as a bell
- And you find yourself
- Yeah that's when you find yourself
- [Chorus]
- Well you go through life
- So sure of where you're heading
- And you wind up lost
- And it's the best thing that could have happened
- 'Cause sometimes when you lose your way
- It's really just as well
- 'Cause you find yourself
- Yeah, that's when you find yourself
- [Instrumental Break]
- [Verse 3]
- When you meet the one
- That you've been waiting for
- And she's everything
- That you wanted and more
- You look at her and you finally start
- To live for someone else
- And then you find yourself
- Yeah that's when you find yourself
- [Outro]
- We go through life
- So sure of where we're heading
- And then we wind up lost
- And it's the best thing that could have happened
- And sometimes when you lose your way
- It's really just as well
- Because you find yourself
- Yeah, that's when you find yourself
Connections to the movie
In a way, "Find Yourself" summarizes the plot and events of Cars.
- "When you find yourself in some far-off place. And it causes you to rethink some things." - Lightning McQueen ending up in Radiator Springs, a forgotten little town located near Route 66 that changed his life.
- "You start to sense that slowly you're becoming someone else." - Lightning letting go of his cocky and selfish personality to become a more humble and selfless car.
- "When you make new friends. In a brand new town. And you start to think about settling down." - Lightning befriending the residents of Radiator Springs and enjoying the perks of living life in the slow lane.
- "Well, you go through life so sure of where you're heading." - Lightning wanting to win the Piston Cup and be sponsored by Dinoco was his only goal in life.
- "Then you wind up lost and it's the best thing that could've happened." - Lightning getting lost on his way to California was what made him change for the better, as he ended up finding himself in Radiator Springs.
- "When you meet the one that you've been waiting for and she's everything that you wanted and more." - Lightning meeting and falling in love with Sally.
- "You look at her and you finally start to live for someone else." - Lightning letting go of only having a single goal in life to live for other things, like, for example, being with Sally.