EXTRAS
"Closing Eyes"
Sokolovsky Project
feat. Klaudia Pyrzyk
Music: Sokolowski, Głuszek, Pyrzyk
Lyrics: Sokołowski, Głuszek
Rafał Sokolowski - Guitars, bass, keyboard, drums
Klaudia Pyrzyk - Vocals
Mariusz Bogaczyk - Drums, keyboard
Rafał Przewłocki - Bass
Rafał Lieder - Mixing, mastering
Osman Kara - Consulting, media design
Helena Sokołowska - Modeling
Agata Rucińska - Communications
Klementyna Sokołowska - Project Management
Dedicated to the brave Polish people, who risked their lives in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.
CLOSING EYES
WHILE CLOSING EYES
I CAN SEE THAT ALL
THE LANDS ARE SO FAR
THE STARS SHINE
THE BLASTS ON THE SUN
AND NO RAIN
THE HEAVY AIR
ALL THE COLORS OF THE CITY
ON HIS FACE
SO,
SO MANY TIMES
WE'RE BORN
SO, SO MANY TIMES
WE DIE
SO, SO MANY TIMES
WE’RE WRONG
SO, SO MANY TIMES
WE’RE RIGHT
WHILE CLOSING EYES
I CAN SEE THAT ALL
THOUGHTS ARE SO FAR
FEELING LASTS
WINE GRAPES
ON THE SUN OF OUR NEW DAY
ALL THE COLORS OF THE CITY
ON HIS FACE
CLOSING EYES…
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
"Mountain Top"
Sokolovsky Project
feat. Anula Suszek
Music: Głuszek, Sokołowski
Lyrics: Głuszek, Sokołowski
Rafał Sokolowski - Guitars, bass, keyboard, drums
Anula Suszek - Vocals
Mariusz Bogaczyk - Drums, keyboard
Leszek Olbiński- Bass
Rafał Lieder - Mixing, mastering
Osman Kara - Consulting, media design
Helena Sokołowska - Modeling
Agata, Jakub Rucińscy - Communications
Klementyna Sokołowska - Project Management
Dedicated to Rajmund Głuszek whose music was the beginning of the whole project and inspiration for all the performers, that are taking part in Sokolovsky Project.
MOUNTAIN TOP
IF YOU WANNA REACH A HIGH MOUNTAIN TOP
THEN YOU GOTTA WALK ON, WALK ON ALL ALONE
WITH YOUR BOTH EYES CLOSED
AND BOTH ARMS SPREAD WIDE IN THE AIR
IF YOU REALLY WANNA DO THAT
YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SURE
WHEN YOU’RE TOO HIGH
THEN YOU’RE TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN
YOU CAN GET YOUR WINGS BURNED
YOU CAN EVEN CRASH INTO THE GROUND
WE ALL REMEMBER YOUR NAME
YOU ’VE GOT A PLACE TO GO AND PLACES TO STAY
YOU’LL NEVER SAY: “I REGRET”
WE ALL REMEMBER YOUR NAME
DON’T LISTEN TO THE WHISPERS THE OTHERS LAY
SPLIT WORDS DIVIDED IN TWO
FIND THE MEANING IN THE MEANINGLESS
KEEP THE HORIZON RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
IF YOU REALLY CAN DO THAT
YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO SURE
WHEN YOU’RE TOO HIGH
THEN YOU’RE TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN
YOU CAN GET YOUR WINGS BURNED
YOU CAN EVEN CRASH INTO THE GROUND
WE ALL REMEMBER YOUR NAME
YOU ’VE GOT A PLACE TO GO AND PLACES TO STAY
YOU’LL NEVER SAY: “I REGRET”
WE ALL REMEMBER YOUR NAME
"All The Same"
Sokolovsky Project
feat. Anula Suszek
Music: Głuszek, Sokołowski
Lyrics: Głuszek, Sokołowski
Rafał Sokolowski - Guitars, bass, keyboard, drums
Anula Suszek - Vocals
Rafał Lieder - Drums, Mixing, Mastering
Rafał Przewłocki- Bass
Osman Kara - Consulting, media design
Helena Sokołowska - Modeling
Agata, Jakub Rucińscy - Communications
Klementyna Sokołowska - Project Management
Rajmund wrote "All the same" with Dorota in mind, his dream girl, who later has become his wife.
And I also dedicate this arrangement to you, Dorotka, as a thank you for your joyful laughter that brightened up the dark musical ambiance we created in Wałbrzych and also for your delicious cappuccinos that sweetened all those long hours we spent in your kitchen developing new compositions.
Dorota and Rajmund, I hope this music will remind you of those times :)
ALL THE SAME
BUT YOU EVEN DON’T KNOW WHERE…
BUT YOU EVEN DON’T KNOW WHERE…
THERE’S SOMETHING LIKE A MIRROR
YOU’VE GOT TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT, EVERY DAY
THE WAY YOU TALK TO ME ,
ALL YOUR HESITATION, IS IT A PLAY?
YOU’LL NEVER, NEVER KNOW
ALL THE SAME
I FIND THE WAY TO YOU,
SIMPLE WAY, SIMPLE WAY TO YOU
YOU’VE GOT ALWAYS SOMETHING TO SAY,
ALWAYS SOMETHING TO NEGOTIATE
YOUR ATTITUDE IS A RISK
AND YOU'RE RUNNING, RUNNING, RUNNING AWAY,
BUT YOU EVEN DON’T KNOW WHERE…
ALL THE SAME
I FIND THE WAY TO YOU,
SIMPLE WAY, SIMPLE WAY TO YOU
"Secrets of life"
Sokolovsky Project
feat. Emilia Stępniewicz
Music: Sokolowski, Głuszek, Stępniewicz
Lyrics: Stępniewicz
Rafał Sokolowski - Guitars, bass, keyboard, drums
Emilia Stępniewicz - Vocals
Mariusz Bogaczyk - Drums
Rafał Lieder - Mixing, mastering
Osman Kara - Consulting, media design
Helena Sokołowska - Modeling
Agata, Jakub Rucińscy - Communications
Klementyna Sokołowska - Project Management
Dedicated to those few artists from all over Poland, without whom the Sokolovsky Project would remain only in the sphere of unfulfilled dreams.
In Secrets of life, we have the opportunity to listen to Emilia Stępniewicz, who is also the author of the text.
Earlier we already got to know the creativity and talent of the vocalists: Klaudia Pyrzyk in Closing Eyes, Anula Suszek in Mountain top and All the same, and soon Weronika Malak and Jerzy Janik.
I would like to thank the instrumentalists Leszek Olbiński and Rafał Przewłocki, who played bass guitars and Mariusz Bogaczyk for his drums and keyboards.
I would like to thank Osman Kara for the consultations and graphic design.
Special thanks to Rafał Lieder, with whom I go through the stages of creating the stylistic sounds of the songs.
Thank you, Dear Friends, for your professionalism and patience with me :)
I hope that your unique talent will be noticed through this project.
SECRETS OF LIFE
YOU SAY WHAT?
THE LOVE, THE HOPE AND THE TRUTH
YOU MEAN WHAT?
REMEBER, LAUGH AND ALL THESE GOODS
YOU'RE TELLING THIS, YOU'RE ASKING THAT
THE TIME IS PASSING BY
YOU'RE SCREAMING THIS, YOU'RE FEARING THAT
THAT MOMENT IS THE PAST NOW
SO IF YOU WANNA LIVE...
JUST OPEN YOUR MIND
JUST OPEN YOUR EYES
JUST OPEN YOUR EARS
AND DON'T STOP NOW!
THE SECRETS OF LIFE
THE PRESENT- NOT THE PAST
THE SECRETS OF LIFW
THE FUTURE IN YOUR HANDS
„Zobaczysz"
Sokolovsky Project
feat. Weronika Malak,
and Anula Suszek (backing vocals)
Lyrics: Edward Stachura
Music: Rafał Sokołowski
Rafał Sokolowski - Guitars, bass, keyboard, drums
Weronika Malak - Vocal
Anula Suszek - Backing vocals
Rafał Lieder - Mixing, mastering
Rafał i Kasia Sokołowscy - Finał conversation in the recording studio
Osman Kara - Consulting, media design
Helena Sokołowska - Modeling
Agata, Jakub Rucińscy - Communications
Klementyna Sokołowska - Project Management
The composition to the poem by Edward Stachura was created during a beautiful sunny holiday at my Grandma and Grandpa's house at Kobylogórska Street in Gorzów Wlkp.
I dedicate it to my whole family, especially Kasia, my beloved wife, who strongly supported me in making further attempts to make our music, first in Wałbrzych, then in Wrocław. And finally, after many years, here in our home in Pęgow, it was possible to make it happen as the Sokolovsky Project, in the form of my personal and subjective interpretations of our past works.
Kasia, I hope you will like the whole album of the Sokolovsky Project :)
„Our Way"
Sokolovsky Project
feat. Emilia Stepniewicz,
Music: Rajmund Głuszek, Rafał Sokołowski, Emilia Stępniewicz
Lyrics: Rafał Sokołowski
Rafał Sokołowski - Guitars, bass, keyboard, drums
Emilia Stępniewicz - Vocals
Rafał Lieder - Mixing, mastering
Osman Kara - Consulting, media design
Helena Sokołowska - Modeling
Agata, Jakub Rucińscy - Communications
Klementyna Sokołowska - Project Management
Our Way is dedicated to my beloved daughters who spread their flawless, original and natural beauty. So they would grow, drawing juices from the native tree, into beautiful and strong branches. Rajmund's original text "Fajny chłopak" is based on facts and tells the story of one of Rajmund's friends, which took place in Wałbrzych in the 1990s. I was inspired to write the text sung by Emilia "Our Way" from the subjective impressions of many years of work in corporations.
FAJNY CHŁOPAK
TO BYŁ BARDZO FAJNY CHŁOPAK, TAK SIĘ TERAZ O NIM MÓWI WKOŁO
CHODZIŁ KIEDYŚ Z NIEZŁĄ LADY, KOCHAŁ JĄ, WZIĘLI ŚLUB, NA WESELU BYŁO GOŚCI SPORO.
ROK NIE MINĄŁ MIELI DZIECKO, WKRÓTCE DRUGIE, POTEM TROJE, POTEM CZWORO,
KOLEŚ MINĘ MIAŁ STROSKANĄ, WIDAĆ BYŁO CIĘŻKO IM SIĘ ŻYJE.
JAKOŚ W CZERWCU STRACIŁ PRACĘ, JEGO NIE ROBIŁA, NIE BYŁO IM LEKKO
ZNOWU CZASU WIĘCEJ MIAŁ DLA KUMPLI, BYŁO TAK, JAK DAWNIEJ BYŁO.
JAKOŚ WIĄZAŁ KONIEC Z KOŃCEM, ZBIERAŁ FAJANS, JAKOŚ SIĘ KRĘCIŁO,
W DOMU BYWAŁ JEDNAK CORAZ RZADZIEJ, PIŁ Z „WAFLAMI”, MÓWIĘ, WIEM JAK BYŁO.
POD OKNAMI SŁYCHAĆ BYŁO KRZYKI, DZIECI PŁACZ...
JAKIŚ CZAS TO WSZYSTKO TRWAŁO, NIKT NIE DZIWIŁ SIĘ, TAK TU BYWA,
W KOŃCU ONA SPAKOWAŁA RZECZY, ZABRAŁA DZIECI, NIE WYROBIŁA,
WIĘCEJ WTEDY PIŁ, DLA KOLEGÓW HOJNY BYŁ,
MÓWIŁ IM, ŻE JĄ ZABIJE
POTEM KRÓTKO NIE PIŁ WCALE, PROSIŁ JĄ, ŻEBY WRÓCIŁA,
NIE WIEM CO MU WTEDY POWIEDZIAŁA, NIE CHCIAŁA WRÓCIĆ, PONOĆ Z KIMŚ JUŻ BYŁA
W NOCY POPIŁ I ODKRĘCIŁ KURKI, RANO PO NIM BYŁO.
KOLEŚ Z PETEM LAZŁ, W PORĘ POCZUŁ GAZ, SZCZĘŚCIEM CHATY NIE WYPIER...LIŁO
"Our Way"
They were walking in the same direction
Not one of them was looking around
Keeps following the same old path
Never taking even one step back
Still walking the same old road
Following steps of the others
Saying the same old sentence
“Everything’s gonna be alright”
We’re trying to break the Big Wall
Hitting it a hundred times
Failing made us feel so vulnerable
Standing up took our pride
Then I saw the wall from the distance
Finding it higher and higher
Suddenly I felt fresh air around
Something around was gonna change
I said:
“Can’t stop me now
I’m gone now
Can’t bring me down”
Now we walk our way
Our own way
The way we found