This is the title track for the Album and my Mantra for the past 3 years.
lyrics
As we aspire forward, emerging from our darker days
Intrepidly out towards, the ramparts in our way
We don't need a map, trailblazing wilderness explorers
There's no turning back, we're taking it forward
Onward and forward, without guilt or shame
A new world order, unafraid of blame
We'lll chart a new path, through the guns rockets and mortars
There's no turning back, we're taking it forward
We can't turn back time, don't look over your shoulder
We can leave the past behind, forward
We're all moving forward, if there's a will there's a way
From chaos and disorder, the dawn of a new day
No need to cover tracks, we're lions we're not cowards
There's no turning back, we're taking it forward
Chorus
Just as church bells must ring, and as the east must birth the sun
As the waves crash and sing, a new day has begun
As the light of dawn cracks, and billows over borders
There's no turning back, forward
Chorus
credits
from Forward - Album,
track released May 26, 2023
Nolan McKelvey - Songwriter, singer, guitar, harmonies
Tim Hogan - Bass
Ron James - Drums
Dave Desmelik - Guitar
Jeff Lusby-Breault - Electric Guitar, Percussion
Jim Swafford - Acoustic Guitars, 12-string Electric Guitar
Thomson Knoles - Strings/Keys
Mixed and Mastered by Jeff Lusby-Breault at Little Pink Production & Recording Suite, Scottsdale, AZ
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