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Band: Alter Bridge
Album: Blackbird
Release Date: 9 October 2007 (USA)
Genre: Alternative Rock/Post-Grunge
Label: Universal Republic Records
Producer by: Michael Baskette
* Brain Marshall: Bass Guitar
* Mark Tremonti: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Myles Kennedy: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
* Scott Phillips: Drums
* Mark Tremonti: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Myles Kennedy: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
* Scott Phillips: Drums
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| (United States: Orlando, Florida) |
01. Ties That Bind - Lyrics:
I tear on the leash
Let me go, I want to break free
And fight my way out of this hole
One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the fading line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It's worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind
I run, but the chains
Pull me right back to the floor
You control, rattle the cage
I won't be your slave anymore
One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the fading line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It's worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind
You broke me into pieces
Don't tell me what to be
Damn you all
I'm gonna find my way
One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the fading line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It's worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind.
02. Come To Life - Lyrics:
Hey, tore away the veil of weakness
Hey, won't be held down any longer
No disgrace and no dishonor, keep us chained
There's nothing we should have to pay
'Cause it's alright, we've come to life
We'll never shed another tear
It's alright, we've come to life
Hey, I am bulletproof, I'm so resilient
To every fool with an opinion, they never break
Oh, by the way, we always scream to find a reason
Never doubt to stop believing and escape
There's nothing we should have to pay
'Cause it's alright, we've come to life
We'll never shed another tear
It's alright, we've come to life
Now wicked tongues can speak and rewrite history
But you can't keep the truth contained
And like the song was sung
Realize we're one and don't forget we're here to stay
There's nothing we should have to pay
'Cause it's alright, we've come to life
We'll never shed another tear
It's alright, we've come to life.
03. Brand New Start - Lyrics:
Against the sky
We leave as one, we've just begun
To find the solace we're due
This is a life we must choose
We will make a brand new start
From the pieces torn apart
The break of day is before us
Cast your sorrows to the wind
Let the highway take us in
As we escape the disorder
This desert road, that we call home
This is our destiny
We chase the setting sun
As we outrun a life of agony
God, how we ache to be free
We will make a brand new start
From the pieces torn apart
The break of day is before us
Cast your sorrows to the wind
Let the highway take us in
As we escape the disorder
We will make a brand new start
From the pieces torn apart
The break of day is before us
Cast your sorrows to the wind
Let the highway take us in
As we escape the disorder
We'll make our way
We'll make our way
We'll make our way
We'll make our way, oh, oh.
04. Buried Alive - Lyrics:
I twist and turn in the darkest space
Glass to the sky with a black tooth grin
This whiskey smile that takes me down again
I'm cold and I'm so afraid
That I'm too weak and I can't change
I've been buried alive
And I don't want to be here anymore
Reached out a thousand times
For a hand to pull me from below
I've been buried alive
In a world of constant sorrow
Reached down tonight and set me free
Save tomorrow
Another shot slip into the haze
Another night soaked in my disgrace
So sooth the lie, I raise my glass and run
A wasted life, what have I become?
I've been buried alive
And I don't want to be here anymore
Reached out a thousand times
For a hand to pull me from below
I've been buried alive
In a world of constant sorrow
Reached out tonight and set me free
Save tomorrow
Save tomorrow
Save tomorrow
Let me breathe again
And show me where I begin
To find a will to change
Before I lose everything
Before I lose everything
I've been buried alive
And I don't want to be here anymore
Reached out a thousand times
For a hand to pull me from below
I've been buried alive
In a world of constant sorrow
Reached down tonight and set me free
And I will follow
I've been buried alive
I've been buried alive
I've been buried alive
I've been buried alive
05. Coming Home - Lyrics:
As I peel away all the years of pain
You were so right, I was so wrong
Every shooting star, they all fall so hard
They all fade like a played out song
Now is the time before it's lost
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
So I'm coming home
Lost on a road I don't belong
I rest my soul, I'm so alone
Far from the streets I call my own
I'm coming home
Rushing back to me as the city sleeps
So afraid of what I will find
Memories they haunt from deep inside
Every broken man comes to understand
That he'll never find paradise
All that he wants was there all the time
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
So I'm coming home
Lost on a road I don't belong
I rest my soul, I'm so alone
Far from the streets I call my own
And so I'm coming home
Back to a world left long ago
And now I know I'm coming home
I find my way back
I'm letting go, I'm coming home
We've come to find what we take for granted
Keeps us alive in the end
Some done their time
Leave you empty handed
Reach out tonight and make amends
So I'm coming home
Back to the place where I belong
I rest my soul, I'm so alone
Far from the streets I call my own
I'm coming, so I'm coming home
Back to a world left long ago
And now I know I'm coming home
I find my way back, I'm coming home
I'm coming home, I'm coming home.
06. Before Tomorrow Comes - Lyrics:
I couldn't sleep, I had to listen
That nothing comes from indifference
I look inside of myself
Will I find some kind of conviction
Or will I bid the hero farewell?
Will I be defined by things
I could've been?
I guess time will only tell
I guess time will only tell
So don't let it be
Before tomorrow comes, before you turn away
Take the hand in me before tomorrow comes
You can change everything
I curse my worth and every comfort
It blinded me for way too long
Damn it all, I'll make a difference
From now on
'Cause I'm wide awake to it all
'Cause I'm wide awake to it all
So don't let it be
Before tomorrow comes, before you turn away
Take the hand in me before tomorrow comes
You can change everything
Does anyone care, it ain't right what we're doing?
Does anyone care, it ain't right where we're going?
Does anyone dare justify how we're living?
Does anyone here care at all?
So don't let it be
Before tomorrow comes, before you turn away
Take the hand in me before tomorrow comes
You can change everything
We could be so much more than we are
We could be so much more than we are
We could be so much more than we are
Oh, this much I know.
07. Rise Today - Lyrics:
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
Feels like we're all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow
So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
Yeah, oh yeah
I wanna rise today and change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
Oh, won’t you rise today and change this world?
The sun is beating down
Are we ever gonna change?
Can we stop the blood from running?
Our time is running out
Hope we find a better way
Before we find we’re left with nothing
For every life that’s taken
So much love is wasted
Yeah, oh yeah
I wanna rise today and change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
So won’t you rise today and change this world?
Only love can set it right
This world, if only peace would never die
It seems to me that we’ve got each other wrong
Was the enemy just your brother all along?
Yeah, oh yeah
I wanna rise today and change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
Oh, won’t you rise today and change this world?
Yeah, oh yeah
I wanna rise today and change this world
Yeah, oh yeah
I wanna rise today and change this world.
08. Blackbird - Lyrics:
The willow, it weeps today
Is calling your name
Unfurl your black wings and wait
Across the horizons
Coming to sweep you away
It's coming to sweep you away
Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird, fly away
May you never be broken again
The fragile cannot endure
The wrecked and the jaded
A place so impure
The static of this cruel world
Cause some birds to fly
Long before they've seen their day
Long before they've seen their day
Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird, fly away
May you never be broken again
Beyond the suffering you've known
I hope you find your way
May you never be broken again
Ascending you find your resistance
You know that you've made such a difference
In all you leave behind
You'll live to the end
The cycle of suffering goes on
But the memories of you stay strong
Some day I too will fly
And find you again
Let the wind carry you home
Blackbird, fly away
May you never be broken again
Beyond the suffering you've known
I hope you find your way
May you never be broken again
May you never be broken again.
09. One By One - Lyrics:
Underneath the desert sun
Many miles away
Hell has come today
Fire raining from the sky
See the face of fear asking one last time
Let me get home safe
Before it's too late
One by one
The brave will fall
Life is lost again
They gave it all
Deep within the castle walls
So many grievers funeral songs
Echo in their sleep
Ode to memories
The sacrifice the flesh and blood
But for a promised land that may not be won
Let us not forget
The hero laid to rest
One by one
The brave will fall
Life is lost again
They gave it all
And they gave it all, a price we can't ignore
If they're hoping what they died for
For every hero born from every family torn
We will honor you forever more
One by one
The brave will fall
Life is lost again
They gave it all
One by one
The brave will fall
Life is lost again
They gave it all
They gave it all.
10. Watch Over You - Lyrics:
Leaves are on the ground, fall has come
I tried to carry you and make you whole
But it was never enough, I must go
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone?
And who’ll watch over you when I’m gone?
You say, you care for me but hide it well
How can you love someone not yourself?
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone?
And who’ll watch over you when I’m gone?
And when I’m gone who will break your fall?
Who will you blame?
I can’t go on and let you lose it all
It's more than I can take
Who’ll ease your pain, ease your pain?
And who is gonna save you when I’m gone?
And who’ll watch over you
And who will give you strength when you're not strong
Who'll watch over you when I'm gone away?
Snow is on the ground, winter's come
You long to hear my voice but I'm long gone.
11. Break Me Down - Lyrics:
It's too late, the time has come
Silence will leave me cold
Lost on a highway that never takes me home
I wanna step aside, I wanna give it up
Before I lose it all, it's tearing me inside
The way you break me down
But there will come a time when I will come undone
And you will let me fall
I'll leave it all behind before you break me down
The weight of a thousand lies
A promise is broken only all the time
You say that you're sure to change
But that black heart reveals that
We always stay the same
I wanna step aside, I wanna give it up
Before I lose it all, it's tearing me inside
The way you break me down
But there will come a time when I will come undone
And you will let me fall
I'll leave it all behind before you break me down
And I realize forgiveness is calling
And it's calling and I deny the reason
I'm falling, yeah, I'm falling
So let go
I wanna step aside, I wanna give it up
Before I lose it all, it's tearing me inside
The way you break me down
But there will come a time when I will come undone
And you will let me fall, I'll leave it all behind
Before you break me down.
12. White Knuckles - Lyrics:
Are you still lost tonight
This is the proclamation
This is the call to rise
Are you abused alone
Walking with broken bones?
If you feel you've been forgotten
Let this song guide you home
We are the disillusioned
We've been left wanting more
Before every aspiration
Hits the floor
Hold on for your life
All we feel is so far from alive
The damned, they're done believing
And the cursed can dream no more
So hold on for your life
Because only the strong survive
They tell you what you should be
They sell you their plastic dreams
Opinions are all provided
But nothing is what it seems
I dare you to take control
'Cause empty your hands and bruised are the souls
Of those who show no resistance
And those who are weak below
We are the disenchanted
We die with each passing day
And no one here understands us
So I say
Hold on for your life
All we feel is so far from alive
The damned, they're done believing
And the cursed can dream no more
So hold on for your life
Because only the strong survive
How will it feel to live your life
Until your dying day when nothing is real?
As we sacrifice
Bending until we break
It's been revealed
Hold on for your life
Dreams are not theirs to take
The dreams are not theirs to take
Hold on for your life
All we feel is so far from alive
The damned, they're done believing
And the cursed can dream no more
So hold on for your life
Because only the strong, I said, only the strong survive.
13. Wayward One - Lyrics:
And they cry and they call
City lights, urban sprawl
In a place no one should know
Show no grace, show no love
These mean streets are meant for none
Take them back to the start
Let the purest of heart
Know their worth is still spoken
As they fight to exist
We neglect and resist
Let the cycle be broken
Broken walls, broken lives
They repeat themselves in time
It's passed on down the line
Till we heal the wounds inside
It's not too late to make things right
Dress the wounds with love's pure light
Take them back to the start
Where the purest of heart
Know their worth is still spoken
As they fight to exist
We neglect and resist
Let the circle be broken
They're still waiting, they still cry
They wanna know they'll be alright
All I'm saying, can we try?
To bring the wayward ones back home tonight
To bring the wayward ones back home tonight
Take them back to the start
Where the purest of heart
Know their worth is still spoken
As they fight to exist
We neglect and resist
Let the circle be broken.
