Tom Morello’s brilliance comes through surprisingly and astonishingly well in his solo folk/protest identity as the Nightwatchman. This gem of a fight song from his first album has this dulcimer (is it?) melody in the intro that really gets me. And I relate to this sentiment, that you just keep fighting and fighting and fighting, sometimes doing things you’re not proud of, yet you keep going. Not because you see the finish line. Not even when you don’t really have much hope. You just keep going, simply because that’s what we do to stay alive.
Well I climbed the seven summits
And I swam the seven seas
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
I fought in the jungles
And I fought in the streets
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Once I had a reason
Don’t know what it could be
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot seeI walked the empty desert
And I was burned in the heat
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
I crossed the frozen wasteland
And in the bitter cold did freeze
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
And I will knock on every door
For I do not have a key
And the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see