Adam Turk: The Journey Back

Adam Turk album cover of The Journey Back

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Story Behind the Song

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Lyrics

There's no man strong enough

In the physical sense

To survive a hurricane

You just can't keep up

All a man's strength for that long

Chorus

It's tough

It's rough

It's like me

Having a wrestling match

With a sumo wrestler

Or going in the ring

With the biggest boxer

You begin

To know what I mean

Chorus

It's tough

It's rough

G Force winds

Bending palm trees

The ocean of water

Being raised to fifty feet

No man is stronger than a hurricane

The devastation is unbelievable

Cars overturned

Houses demolished

People's lives are taken

Lightening and electricity strikes

Hurricane is the ultimate natural force

No man is stronger than a hurricane

Hurricane is strong

Has nature gone wrong?

Hurricane

[Sirens]

So, you wanna know

What's it like

Confined

Within yourself

Solidarity confinement

Without the bars

Chorus

You just want to Breakout!

Oh Yeah!

You just want to Breakout!

Oh Yeah!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

You just want to Breakout!

Oh Yeah!

You wanna Breakout!

And feel free

You wanna Breakout!

And be free from hostilities

Chorus

You just want to Breakout!

Oh Yeah!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

repeating X3

[Sirens and Guitar SFX]

Life can make you

Feel like living in a cage

You can be the one

That makes you feel encaged

You can be the one

That makes you feel enraged

You just wanna

You just wanna Breakout!

repeating X2

I know Baby

What you mean

repeating X2

You just wanna

You just wanna Breakout!

I know Baby

What you mean

You just wanna

You just wanna Breakout!

You just want to Breakout, be free

I know Baby

What you mean

You just want to Breakout, be free

You just want to Breakout!

I know Baby

What you mean

You just wanna

You just wanna Breakout!

I know Baby

What you mean

repeating X2

You just wanna

You just wanna Breakout!

I know Baby

I know what you mean

You just wanna

You just wanna Breakout!

repeating X4 to the end

[Sirens]

Paradise

(repeat)

Welcome to the gates of Paradise

Paradise is a home

To others it's a place

To me it's a higher desired state

Paradise is a Promised Land

Free for all

Beautiful lands

Breathe life

Paradise

Can be a physical place

Paradise

Can be a spiritual place

Clouds and heavenly mist

Great Gods

Warm beautiful spirits

Crystals clear waterfalls

Meadows green with life

Air so fresh

Paradise

No more fire

No more pain

Paradise

Is the higher side

(repeat)

More Love

Paradise

More Peace

Paradise

Will exist

Paradise gets closer to us

Paradise is a Promised Land

Paradise is a Spiritual Place

Paradise is where we become one!

Paradise gets closer to us

(repeat)

Paradise

What's happening to me

Because I cannot see

What's happening to me

Metal in my teeth

What's happening to me

My baby's got the Blues

And I'm confused

What's happening to me

My sins have gotten to me

My limps are contorted

My face is all distorted

What's happening to me

I'm sitting in the wheelchair

Next to you

Chorus

What's happening to me

What's happening to you

What's happening to me

The cats got my tongue

I've shaved off all my hair

The dogs barking

While madness is in the atmosphere

Chorus

What's happening to me

What's happening to you

What's happening to me

What's happening to this world

We live in

Introduction: Adolf Hitler declares war on England and allied Europe (in Gernman)

No, No, No, No Surrender!

I said a No Surrender!

No Surrender

At any cost

No Surrender

At any loss

We will fight you on the land

We will fight you in the sea

We will fight you in the sky

We will even fight you with our bare hands

No Surrender

Their will be justice

In the end!

No Surrender

Even until the last man stands

No Surrender

Winston Churchill radio broadcast of not surrendering to Adolf Hitler and axis forces

You can't conquer our land

Cos' we'll never surrender

Everyone has a price

But freedom is our prize

For defeating your ideology and destructive actions

No Surrender

You can't rule over us

Not even your comrades in arms

Cos' in the end all of you will be swinging by your heads

From the crimes you did

No Surrender

For those that brutalise

For a worthless cause

No Surrender

At any cost

Cos' freedom is worth fighting for

Radio broadcast from London in 1945, announcing the death of Adolf Hitler dictator of Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

Drinking Whiskey Girl

Sitting on the balcony

Sun drench in the city

Looking at the Rock Star

Whiskey Drinking Girl

Having too much again

Head spinning

Though her bodies still

Sitting on the hammock

On the balcony

With her cowboy hat on

Ogling the Rock Star

Going on by

And all those other guys

Rocking side to the tide

She's had one too many

"No way,"she bellows

"On the Rocks Sam!"

Whiskey Drinking Girl

Drinking in those groovy bars

Oozing and boozing

Staggering as she walks

Picking up the Rock Stars

Pushing through the gathering crowds

On her dancing clouds

She's so drunk

She sees double

Shouts to the DJ, “Play it again Sam!”

Turns over her shoulder

To the bartender

"I'll have another Pretty Floyd"

Before she staggers home

Another weekend

Over for our Drinking Whiskey Girlfriend

In debt to money

I've got a lot of grief

In debt to money

I've got no cash to spend

In debt to money

I just want to sit down today

To sort out my mistakes

Cos' I can't see a way

To pay all of my debts

That's all I think of

Numbers spinning around inside my head

I've gotta get outta of this mess

All the work I do

Don't add up in money terms

And all of my spare time

Is writing figures all of the time

Of what I earn

And need to spend

Without my luxuries

Chorus

In Debt

So damn bad

In Debt

The moneymen has all of your women's handbags

I can't see a way to live

On the money I bring

The only to survive

Is to give up my social life

Work more to earn more

Just enough to survive

With a little bit more

To buy those luxuries

Like shampoo and paste to brush my teeth

We are ducking 'n' diving

We are just surviving

Don't pay these moneymen

They will take your money in interest

They'll even sell your mummy!

And leave you with no yummies

Chorus

In Debt

So damn bad

In Debt

The moneymen has all of your women's handbags

That's all I'm thinking of

The numbers swimming inside my head

I've gotta get myself outta debt!

Come On!

(repeat)

Rock 'n' Roll

Is in my soul

You dance to the groove

You tap to the beat

Cos' it's Rock 'n' Roll

And it's in my soul

I'm talking on the telephone

To my Baby

Alright!

When I'm listening to the sweet Rock 'n' Roll

Cos' it's in my soul

(repeat X2)

And I'm listening to the sweet Rock 'n' Roll

Cos' in my soul, Baby

In the freezing cold

With the Rock 'n' Roll

Drive down the road

In the freezing cold

Yeah!

But it's alright Baby

Cos' I'm listening to the Rock 'n' Roll

I love those crunchy guitars

I love the low bass

I love the 4/4 beats

Listening to the Rock 'n' Roll

I love those groupies

And I love those groovies

I love to dance with my hips

Kiss with my lips

[Kiss]

Rock 'n' Roll is in my soul

(repeat X2)

I've got the Rock 'n' Roll

You've got the Rock 'n' Roll

Cos' it's in my soul

Rock 'n' Roll

Alright!

Is in my soul

Yeah!

Rock 'n' Roll

Baby

Is in my soul

Alright!

And it's in my soul

Yeah!

I've got the Rock 'n' Roll

Alright!

You've got the Rock 'n' Roll

Rock 'n' Roll

Is in my soul

Ridin' high on my motorbike

Burning up the road

On my motorbike

One hell of a ride

That's what I like!

Ridin' high on my motorbike

One hell of a ride

That's what I like!

Chorus

Ridin' high on my motorbike

(repeat X2)

Ridin' down in a convey of riders

Angels riding by our side

Ridin' down the highway

(repeat X2)

Owl!

That's what I like!

Burning up the highway

Baby!

(repeat X2)

Chorus

Ridin' high on my motorbike

(repeat X2)

Ridin' down the highway

With my Baby on the back

Burning up the highway

Baby!

Owl!

That's what I like!

Burning up the highway

Baby!

(repeat X2)

Burning up the highway

Baby!

(repeat X2)

Motorbike

Riding

Come on

Baby

(repeat X2)

Owl!

That's what I like!

Motorbike

Riding

Come on

Baby

(repeat X2)

Owl!

That's what I like!

You gotta Run for your Livin'

In this western world

We are told to be mass productive

A busy empire

In a small island

In this very stressed-out world

That we live in today

Expect to Run for your Livin'

Chorus

Running around and up and down

Running around and around

It's not worth running around

Cos' you'll up end getting stressed

Yeah, that's the way

We've got to live our life

To earn some sort of living

In this productive world

That we live in today

Expect to Run for your Livin'

(repeat)

Chorus

Running around and up and down

Running around and around

It's not worth running around

Cos' you'll get stressed

Run like a rabbit

Run like a deer

Run like you're, in fear

Fly like a pigeon

Swim like a fish

To make something for this world

So, you can live!

Expect to Run for your Livin'

(repeat X2)

You've gotta Run for your Livin'

Expect to Run for your Livin'

You've gotta Run for your Livin'

(repeat)

Run like a rabbit

Run like a deer

Run like, you're in fear

Fly like a pigeon

Swim like a fish

To make something for this world

So, you can live!

Expect to Run for your Livin'!

(repeat X3)

You've gotta Run for your Livin'

Run like a rabbit

Run like a deer

Run like, you're in fear

Fly like a pigeon

Swim like a fish

To make something for this world

So, you can live!

You've gotta Run for your Livin'

Expect to Run for your Livin'

Behind each song

Hurricane

Over the past ten years the focus of protecting our environment has led many political leaders and governments to adopt green policies to stop 'global warming' and though this song wasn't written by the 'green movement' it can be seen as the results of what global pollution is doing and hurricanes are becoming more fierce and deadly.

Breakout!

One would naturally thing this song is about escaping prison, but in actual fact it is about breaking out of the mundane routine of life and wanting to do something more interesting and exciting.

Paradise

This is a positive spiritual song and looking beyond and into the afterlife, where the road leads to paradise.

What's Happening To Me?

Questioning the environment and mental stability is the viewpoint of this songs theme. Are people around you helping, hindering or are trying to destroy you?

No Surrender

This is referring to World War II and the British who was the only country not to be invaded by Nazi Germany, and the turning point of defeating Adolf Hitler and freeing Europe and even the German people from this dictatorship and horrendous form of political goverance.

But we have to stand up against present and future dictatorships around the world and cause problems for the people who want freedom in these countries, No Surrender!

Whiskey Drinking Girl

A good whiskley drinking woman and the antics of getting loud and drunk and painting the picture of what the night evolves into and transpires.

In Debt To Money

With every country and most people in debt, this experimental sounding song such resonate that feeling of being in debt and the hopelessness and unhappiness that develops over time of chronic debt.

Rock 'n' Roll

The trappings of the Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle and the love of this music genre is perfectly delivered in this song.

Ridin' High On My Motorcycle

Giving the experience of freedom riding a motorcycle and the culture and bonds between motorcylists in this group of people for the vehicle they like.

Run (For Your Livin')

Modern life is becoming hectic and stress and burnout is becoming an ever increasing problem and issue within our society and the driving rock music drives home the points raised in this song.

The guitar I used on this album was my Kramer Assault 220 with a Floyd Rose (FR) tremolo system with a neck lockdown, which allows the player to bend the strings both forwards and backwards for different sounding effects.

Fender Series P Bass Guitar

Keyboard piano and organ.

The Groove Box drum machine built within Steinberg Cubase LE 6.0.

I used samples of drums, percussions and some keyboards and sythnesizer sounds.

Used Steinberg Cubase LE 6.0 and recorded the album on a Boss digital 8 track recorder (early version) and exported the WAV files into the Cubase 6.0 LE, where editing, EQ'ing, studio effects and then using Wavelab 6.0 LE for mastering that added finalising effects like compressor, limiter, reverb, delay and further EQ'ing of the overall WAV audio file.

Standard studio grade mircophone and an external ampilifier to record vocals.