Alter Bridge - Blackbird lyrics
Tracks 01. Ties That Bind
02. Come To Life 03. Brand New Start 04. Buried Alive 05. Coming Home 06. Before Tomorrow Comes 07. Rise Today 08. Blackbird 09. One By One 10. Watch Over You 11. Break Me Down 12. White Knuckles 13. Wayward One 14. The Damage Done 15. New Way To Live 16. We Don't Care At All 01. Ties That Bind
I tear on the leash
That keeps me contained and controlled 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 faded 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 I rattle the cage I won't be your slave anymore One last hope To rise and break away Above the faded line 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 faded line Way beyond the ties that bind 02. Come To Life
Hey
Tore away the veil of weakness The enemy now lies beneath us I think we're safe Hey Won't be held down any longer No disgrace and no dishonor Keep us chained There's nothing we should have to fear It's alright We've come to life We'll never shed another tear I'ts alright We've come to life Hey the bulletproof are so resilient To every fool with an opinion They never break By the way We scream to find a reason Never doubt or stop believing And escape There's nothing we should have to fear It's alright We've come to life We'll never shed another tear I'ts alright We've come to life Now wicked toungues can speak And rewrite history But you can't keep the truth contained And like this song was sung Just realize we're one And don't forget we're here to stay There's nothing we should have to fear It's alright We've come to life We'll never shed another tear I'ts alright We've come to life 03. Brand New Start
Against the sky
Streams of light Call out to me and you We leave as one We've just begun To find the solace we're due This is the 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'll 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'll make our way We'll make our way We'll make our way We'll make our way 04. Buried Alive
I twist and turn
In the darkest space Can't find my worth As I numb the pain Glass to the sky With a blacktooth grin This whiskey smile 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 Reach down tonight and set me free... Save tomorrow Another shot Slip into the haze Another night Soaked in my disgrace Toast to the lie I'll 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 Reach down tonight and set me free... Save tomorrow Save tomorrow Save tomorrow Let me breathe again Show me where I begin To find the will to change 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 Reach down tonight and set me free... Save tomorrow Reach down tonight and set me free And I will follow 05. Coming Home
As I peel away
All the years of pain I discovered what's been all along 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 all is lost I'm coming home I'm coming home So I'm coming home Lost on a road I don't belong I'll rest my song 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 When 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'll rest my song I'm so alone Far from the streets I call my own So I'm coming home Back to a world left long ago And now I know I'm coming home I'll find my way back I'm letting go I'm coming home We come to find What we take for granted Keeps us alive in the end So don't let time Leave you empty handed Reach out tonight and make amends So I'm coming home Back to the place where I belong I'll rest my song I'm so alone Far from the streets I call my own So I'm coming home Back to a world left long ago Now I know I'm coming home I'll find my way back I'm coming home I'm coming home 06. Before Tomorrow Comes
I couldn't sleep I had to listen
To a conscience knowing so well That nothing comes from indifference I look inside of myself Will I find some kind of conviction? Will I bid the hero farewell? Will I be defined by things that could have 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 need Before tomorrow comes You could change everything I curse my worth and every comfort That 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 need Before tomorrow comes You could 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 need Before tomorrow comes You could 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
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight? 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 want to 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 want to 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 Seems to me that we've got each other wrong Was the enemy just your brother all along? Yeah, oh yeah I want to rise today And change this world Yeah, oh yeah Oh won't you rise today And change this world? Yeah, oh yeah I want to rise today And change this world Yeah, oh yeah I want to rise today And change this world 08. Blackbird
The willow it weeps today
A breeze from the distance is calling your name Unfurl your black wings and wait Across the horizon it's 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 Ascend may you find no resistance Know that you made such a difference All you leave behind will live to the end The cycle of suffering goes on But memories of you stay strong Someday 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
Underneath the desert sun
They bid my brother's blood to run 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 grieve as funeral songs Echo endlessly Ode to memories This sacrifice of flesh and blood 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 Is there hope in what they're dying for? Fore every hero born From every family torn We will honor you forevermore 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 10. Watch Over You
Leaves are on the ground
Fall has come Blue skies turning grey Like my love I tried to carry you And make you whole But it was never enough I must go 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 And not yourself? 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 Who is gonna save you when I'm gone? Who'll watch over you? Who will give you strength when you're not strong. Who'll watch over you when I've gone away? Snow is on the ground Winters come You long to hear my voice But I'm long gone 11. Break Me Down
It's too late the time has come
I've kept this inside me for way too long Silence will leave me cold Lost on a highway that never takes me home I want to step aside I want to give it up Before I lose it all It's tearing me inside The way you break me down Oh 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 Promises broken haunt me all the time You say that you're sure to change But that black heart reveals that You'll always stay the same I want to step aside I want to give it up Before I lose it all It's tearing me inside The way you break me down Oh 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 I realize Forgiveness Is calling And it's calling I've denied The reason I'm falling And I'm falling So let go I want to step aside I want to give it up Before I lose it all It's tearing me inside The way you break me down Oh 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
Are you still lost tonight?
Living but dead inside This is a proclamation This is a 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 are done believing The cursed can dream no more So hold on for your life Because only the strong survive The tell you what you should be Sell you the plastic dream Opinions are all provided But nothing is what it seems I dare you to take control Cause empty are hands and Bruised are the souls Of those who show no resistance Of those who are weak below We are the disenchanted Who die with each passing day No one here understands us so I say Hold on for your life All we feel is so far from alive The damned are done believing The cursed can dream no more So hold on for your life Because only the strong survive How will it feel? To live a lie until your dying day Where 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... Dreams are not theirs to take Hold on for your life All we feel is so far from alive The damned are done believing The cursed can dream no more So hold on for your life Because only the strong survive I said only the strong survive 13. Wayward One
And they cry
And they call As the wayward walk alone City lights Urban sprawl In a place no one should know Shown no grace Shown 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 this circle be broken Broken homes 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 wounds with loves pure light 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 this circle be broken They're still waiting They still cry They still want to know they'll be all right All I'm saying Can we try? To bring the wayward ones back home tonight Bring the wayward one back home tonight 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 this circle be broken 14. The Damage Done
I won't waste away,
I won't let this take me down. I can't survive, As long as I keep it around. I wish it would fade, But it'll just sell me out. Over and over and over, I cried out loud, Somebody, save me... Somebody, save me... The race I run, It keeps me further from The man I could become. The damage done, I wanna wash the filth away Till there is none. I run 'till I break From the way of what killing me. Profuse to the day, I'll suffer afraid to speak. I carry the shame And beg for a remedy. How long must I live With the damage of my disease. Somebody save me... Somebody save me... The race I run, It keeps me further from The man I could become. The damage done, I wanna wash the filth away 'Till there is none. The race I run, It keeps me further from The man I could become. The damage done, I wanna wash the filth away 'Till there is none. 15. New Way To Live
In your head monsters call
In the air you find no one Is there at all But you keep them alive Paralyzed you cannot run You only crawl So find a new way to live Before you die in the cold And though the sky's caving in The fear must not gain control And do not worry my friend Or make this call by your sole And find a new way to live Before your fate's set in stone Will it come to an end? What you fear you must confess Is what you want Will you ever survive All the monsters of the mind Where all is wrong? So find a new way to live Before you die in the cold And though the sky's caving in The fear must not gain control And do not worry my friend Or make this call by your sole And find a new way to live Before your fate's set in stone It pulls me down like the heaviest of stone And I am only flesh and bone And so I walk through this valley all alone I can't take this anymore No I just can't take this anymore I just can't take this anymore So find a new way to live Before you die in the cold And though the sky's caving in The fear must not gain control And do not worry my friend Or make this call by your sole And find a new way to live Before your fate's set in stone 16. We Don't Care At All
Crack the heart with true intentions
Blood and scars and no redemption We've been a slave to your disaster Lost it all it doesn't matter And we don't care at all We got nothing to take on And leave the rest to fall We're going back where we belong Waste aways amount to nothing But your opinions keep on coming We're dead inside to your rejection Risk it all and did I mention I'll say it again I'll say it again And we don't care at all We got nothing to take on And leave the rest to fall We're going back where we belong Never doubt it Never question What we were And where we've been Scream out loud As our intentions Find a word And we don't care at all We got nothing to take on And leave the rest to fall We're going back where we belong I'll say it again And we don't care at all We got nothing to take on And leave the rest to fall We're going back where we belong |