Point Of No Return

Point Of No Return is the 11th track on Duran Duran's 2005 Astronaut album and is produced by the band with Nile Rodgers,and features the  five original members.

About the song
In 2003 Duran Duran recorded the Astronaut album which was the band's first studio album with the five original band members since the 1983 release of "Seven and the Ragged Tiger".They had previously planned to record the album,then release it and  go on tour so in 2001  they rented a house near St.Tropez in the South of France,and set up a pro tools  studio and launched into a prolific period of songwriting and pre-production,writing 30 songs including "Point Of No Return" but because of difficulties in signing for a record label it wasn't until the start of 2003 that Duran Duran went into the recording studios,at the London based "Sphere Studios" to record and also welcome back producer Nile Rodgers who had previously worked on Notorious, Wild Boys and the Power Station projects to  co-produce "Point Of No Return".Nick Rhodes later said that "Point Of No Return" was  recorded and remained in it's entirety from the pre production stage in France,and  added "to me it's one of the most beautiful moments on the Astronaut album"

Band Line-up
Simon Le Bon - Vocals

John Taylor - Bass

Andy Taylor - Guitar

Nick Rhodes - Keyboards

Roger Taylor - Drums

Credits
Song written by Duran Duran

Produced by Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers

Engineered by Rich Hilton

Lyrics
The random aspects of our lives Come together once in a while So blinding and decidedly Naivety falls from our eyes And we'll not regain As we watch the tower falling down Maybe things can change Only if you want Maybe things can change Only if you want You know, you know there's no avoiding The lesson to be learned The lesson to be learned The point of no return We say "What if?" But can you live it? It's all that we deserve It's all that we deserve The point of no return Don't blame yourself Don't blame me But we're the ones Who can feed the ground So this poison tree, don't ever grow again And from this glass and broken nerve There is a way, there can be built A better life for everyone Maybe things can change Only if you want Maybe things can change Only if you want You know, you know there's no avoiding The lesson to be learned The lesson to be learned The point of no return We say "What if?" But can you live it? It's all that we deserve It's all that we deserve The point of no return