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Released in 2013

Road

Written by Paul McCartney • Paul Epworth

Last updated on December 15, 2020

Album This song officially appears on the New Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 2013

Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 2012, when Paul McCartney was 70 years old)

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other songs co-written with Paul Epworth

“Road” is a track from the 2013 album “NEW“, co-written by Paul McCartney and producer Paul Epworth, one of the four producers of the album.

I guess with that one we were aiming for something that was a little more esoteric and musically complex than the others I’d worked on. It’s like a journey. That actually started out with me on drums and him on Moog and it sounded like something by The Fall or Can.

Paul Epworth – NME, November 2013

Lyrics

We came from nowhere

Hiding from a storm

We cling together

To keep each other warm

The road to somewhere

Stretches through the night

We follow blindly

Heading for the light

I can’t see anymore

The blinding light

It’s just a metaphor

I use when things aren’t going right

We held each other

Praying for a spark

Two crazy partners

Scrambling in the dark

Now where are we going

Searching in the night

We had a feeling

It’s going to be alright

I can’t see anymore

The blinding light

It’s just a metaphor

I use when things aren’t going right

Two crazy partners

Searching in the night

We’ve got a feeling

It’s going to be alright

We follow blindly

Heading for the light

We’ve got a feeling

It’s gonna be, it’s gonna be alright

We came from nowhere

Hiding from a storm

We cling together

To keep each other warm

The road to somewhere

Stretches through the night

We follow blindly

Heading for the light

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, oh

Heading for the light

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, oh

Variations

  • A Album version

Officially appears on

Bootlegs

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Paul McCartney writing

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Andrey Michael • 3 years ago

Hello. I was looking at the running time of this song on streaming services. The standard edition states that the song is 7 minutes and 39 seconds long however, the deluxe edition states that the song is 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Could the standard edition have a hidden track in it?

The PaulMcCartney Project • 3 years ago

Hi, sorry for the late answer. "Scared" is the hidden track added to "Road".

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