Story Behind The Song
The Bridge of No Return music video and song are based on the true story of the bridge at Panmunjeom - the bridge that separates North and South Korea. At the end of the "Korean War" in 1953, people were given the choice of either staying where they were, or crossing to the other side - but once they did they could never return.
Today, the bridge is still the site of international tension, and sadly, represents the volatility and separation in our world today
| Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Moving |
Subject |
World, News |
| Similar Artists |
Glenn Frey, Robert Palmer |
Language |
Multi-Language |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
The Bridge of No Return
Michael J Downey (c)2006
Won the battle, lost the war.
There?s no common ground no more.
(They say) You can make the Big Switch, you can go or stay.
Na ga go sip jji ana, hachiman, gayah dwae, but go only one way.
(Trans: I don?t want to go, but I have to go)
As I crossed that bridge, what I left behind, where I?m goin? to I learn
That I can?t look back, when the road ahead , is the Bridge of No Return
Tari ajiktto?Panmunjeom (i)ssoyo. (trans: Even now, the bridge Panmunjeom exists)
Home was on the other side.
Before they made the big divide.
North, South, East and West, and no place to go
(except) Dorah oh ji anun tari ajiktto, ajiktto! (trans: Still, the Bridge of No Return, still!)
As I crossed that bridge, what I left behind, where I?m goin? to I learn
That I can?t look back, when the road ahead , is the Bridge of No Return
Tari ajiktto?Panmunjeom (i)ssoyo. (trans: Even now, the bridge Panmunjeom exists)