Find Yourself
Template:Infobox Song"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". 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.
Lyrics
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.
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.
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 happen.
'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)
When you meet the one
That you've been waiting for,
And she's everything
That you want 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.
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 happen.
Sometimes when you lose your way,
It's really just as well.
Because you find yourself,
Yeah, that's when you find yourself.
Connection to story/character
- When you find yourself in some far off place - Lightning McQueen winding up in Radiator Springs.
- You start to sense that you're slowly becoming someone else - Lightning letting go of his old cocky and self-centered nature as the movie goes on.
- When you make new friends In a brand new town - The citizens of Radiator Springs growing on McQueen, and McQueen growing on them.
- Well, you go through life so sure of where you're heading - McQueen wanting nothing more than to win the tiebreaker race at the Los Angeles International Speedway and becoming the next Dinoco racer.
- And then we wind up lost, and it's the best thing that could happen - Lightning starting to miss Radiator Springs once he left it, despite absolutely despising the town at first and wanting to leave at all costs.
- Because you find yourself - The town and its townsfolk pushing Lightning to become more likeable.
- When you meet the one that you've been waiting for, and she's everything that you want and more - McQueen meeting and falling for Sally.
In a way, the song's lyrics summarizes the plot of Cars.