'No Turning Back' was one of the first songs I wrote and performed with The Immaculate Crows in 1982. It started off with a Psychedelic feel and but morphed into an almost Progressive Rock song where we would stretch out and Mark Hocknell and myself would play guitar solos. Carolyn and I started laying down tracks for this first recording on 6 February 2022 and I did my final guitar tracks on 31 January 2023. This version brings the song into the modern age while retaining some retro aspects. The song seems more relevant now with the possibility of WW3 and Nuclear War plus environmental degradation reaching alarming proportions! This was Jessica Shipley's first recording as a lead vocalist and she is backed in the choruses by Nicky Steel. This is also the first time new guitarist Wayne Harvey appears on a release. I play most of the guitar but Wayne added density to the choruses and played some supporting chords in the intro plus playing the last chord that ends the song. Lol! This song is pretty intense and dark. I am back playing some of the best guitar I have played in years and overall very happy with this release. Hope you like it too.
Bruce Neilsen
NO TURNING BACK
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BRUCE NEILSEN
City streets hard and cold
City people machinery roll
On and on and always grow
No turning back now
There’s no turning back now
There’s no turning
There’s no turning back
Houses dark and frightened trees
Lonely stillness, dying breeze
On and on, so hard to believe
No turning back now
There’s no turning back now
There’s no turning
There’s no turning back
Mad disciples of ideology
Tell you that it’s time you pleased
A different god each day it seems
Got to escape now
I’ve got to escape now
Got to
Got to escape
It’s all making me ill at ease
Try to make sense of it if you please
A different way each day it seems
Praying for the world
Praying for the world
Praying
Praying for the world