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Does it walk beside me?

Is this a reference?

Yes, it's a reference to the David Bowie song "Modern Love," whose refrain includes the line, "Modern love gets me to the church on time."

... which in itself is a reference to the song "Get Me to the Church on Time" from the musical "My Fair Lady".

lyric from Bowie's Modern Love.

It'll get you up the hill .. backwards.