Alter Bridge - Fortress lyrics
Tracks 01. Cry Of Achilles
02. Addicted To Pain 03. Bleed It Dry 04. Lover 05. The Uninvited 06. Peace Is Broken 07. Calm The Fire 08. Waters Rising 09. Farther Than The Sun 10. Cry A River 11. All Ends Well 12. Fortress 01. Cry Of Achilles
Crying out
Now you can't escape you are buried in doubt And it pulls you down Now you're in too deep You may never get out Such an awful fate Tear it down It's almost too late is the end coming now As you scream out loud You sever the peace Till your truth has been found Is there nothing left to follow? Is there nothing left to steal? Crying out for something more than I've been shown Knowing none of this is real Don't close your eyes Something beautiful Is still alive Don't close your eyes Never turn away And let it die I cannot seem to find the answers Every truth has slipped away All that riddles me will never cease to be Still I search this world in vane [sic] Don't close your eyes Something beautiful Is still alive Don't close your eyes Never turn away And let it die Cry out to save tomorrow It's not too late Or your heavy heart will follow You to the grave This is not the end This is not the end Don't close your eyes Something beautiful Is still alive Don't close your eyes Never turn away And let it die We can't hesitate Hope it's not too late For the time has come What have we become? Nothing left to do But deny the truth 02. Addicted To Pain
Tell me how it feels to live a lie
Tell me do you know that it won't ever be the same you can't deny The house of cards just hit the floor Don't tell me you can save it in the end There's nothing you can do 'cause when it's gone you know it won't come back again But you don't listen anymore You're addicted to pain Too blind to see you're lost in the shadows Too addicted to face In time you're going to lose it all If only I had said this long ago If only I had found a way to tell you all the things you should have known But you were lost right from the start How the hell are you the one to blame? You've done no wrong You gave it all So why the hell do you have to change? You broke your back, she broke your heart You're addicted to pain Too blind to see you're lost in the shadows Too addicted to face In time you're going to lose it all Cry out You know it now She sold you out You're going to lose it all Cry out You know it now Just tear it down You're going to lose it all You're addicted to pain Too blind to see you're lost in the shadows Too addicted to face In time you're going to lose it all You're addicted to pain Sometimes it seems like nothing else matters You're too addicted to face In time you're going to lose it all 03. Bleed It Dry
Oceans rise
Summits fall Fading fast It won't be long Everything will be consumed Rendered lost At the hands of fools Tomorrow gone So say goodbye Bleed it dry Leave us here with nothing Justify all that you consume Bleed it dry What is this becoming? All your lies Serve no one but you Blood machines Burn the skies Turning day Into night Everything will fade to dust again Weak or strong So don't pretend you've done no wrong 'Cause you know That I'm right Bleed it dry Leave us here with nothing Justify all that you consume Bleed it dry What is this becoming? All your lies Serve no one but you One day you will see What you've done The world you chose to bleed Will be dead and gone Bleed it dry Leave us here with nothing Justify all that you consume Bleed it dry What is this becoming? All your lies Serve no one but you 04. Lover
If you deny the wounds of your lover
You will discover That what you had is shattered and wasted Did you have to take it so far? The truth is exposed and love is devoured And the ivory tower Is coming down A vow betrayed and honor is broken The wounds are open And bleeding out But it's all I can do to carry on It brings all I fear to life If you deny the wounds of your lover You will discover That what you had is shattered and wasted Did you have to take it so far? Did you have to throw it all away? Did you have to shove it in my face? Did you have to tear my world apart? Did you have to take so selfishly? No matter how you hurt the ones you need? Did you have to fall so very far? The trigger's warm The chamber is loaded Lost in a moment What went wrong? There's nothing left This house has been broken But still I'm holding Holding on If you deny the wounds of your lover You will discover That what you had is shattered and wasted Did you have to take it so far? Now that you've gone so far Can you live with What you've done And who you are? 05. The Uninvited
What was sacred lost forevermore
Once your hatred washed up to the shore Underneath I still can feel the pain What you took can never be replaced Stoned Face Liar Your Hate Vile For the blood you waste this will fall on you Now your fate has been decided For the life you take this is overdue You are now the uninvited Sirens screaming blood against the wall No more saving innocence at all No Shame Spineless Cold Rage Violence For the blood you waste this will fall on you Now your fate has been decided For the life you take this is overdue You are now the uninvited Soon you'll feel it All my agony Soon you know it All you fear will come to life And it won't be long For tonight You are gonna know my pain For the blood you waste this will fall on you Now your fate has been decided For the life you take this is overdue You are now the uninvited For the blood you waste this will fall on you You are now the uninvited Stoned Face Liar Stoned Face Liar 06. Peace Is Broken
All the sorrows that you've known
All the wars that you wage Bearing arms against you own As you throw your life away The peace is broken You did it all yourself With you and no one else to blame The peace is broken The trouble in your heart Is self imposed and hard to tame The peace is broken Can't you see what you've become? As you crawl to your own grave When everything is said and done You will find that it's too late The peace is broken You did it all yourself With you and no one else to blame The peace is broken The trouble in your heart Is self imposed and hard to tame The peace is broken All the sorrows that you've known All the wars that you wage Lost to every worry Every sorrow in your heart Everything is blurry Now you've torn your world apart None of this will matter not tomorrow just today Don't let this moment slip away The peace is broken You did it all yourself With you and no one else to blame The peace is broken The trouble in your heart Is self imposed and hard to tame The peace is broken 07. Calm The Fire
Calm the fire
Do not fight anymore They don't know what they're saying Don't know anything at all For all that matters is you know That this is not their fault There are places We should never go Lost between the cracks Something wicked waits below And all I'm saying there are some things Better left unseen at all It's been so long It's tearing me apart I cannot understand or comprehend Where we went wrong Though we've come so far The madness in our hearts will never end 'Cause I've seen it all I can't fight it anymore The fire burns forevermore Is there nothing left to save? 'Cause now more than ever what we need Is love to replace all the obscene Something good and something beautiful If only we could see That now more than ever what we need Is a little love Is there no more? Have we gone too far? There's nothing I can do to make you sway To see the blood Running through our hearts No different from the blood we've come to hate When I close my eyes I dream that we are colorblind And now you know you can't deny Only ignorance to blame 'Cause now more than ever what we need Is love to replace all the obscene Something good and something beautiful If only we could see That now more than ever what we need Is a little love Now let it calm the fire The burns within your heart tonight For some are too blind to see The world as it's meant to be When I close my eyes I dream that we are colorblind And you know you can't deny Only ignorance to blame 'Cause now more than ever what we need Is love to replace all the obscene Something good and something beautiful If only we could see That now more than ever what we need Is a little love 08. Waters Rising
Now is the end of time a fool and his legacy are gone
His pride found another way to make sure it all went wrong Awaken a new day our fears have come to pass And this time it's gonna last This time it's gonna last Don't let me drown Don't let me drown Now all of the fields are burning It blocks out the sun I see all the water rising To drown everyone This is the season we tear our rivals down This circle of tyrants will end us all right now The earth has provided the means to burn it down Well don't you see it now? Well don't you see it now? Don't let me drown Don't let me drown Now all of the fields are burning It blocks out the sun I see all the water rising To drown everyone This is tomorrow's way to end our days Watch as the clouds they gather now To wash us away Water is rising Coming to wash it all away There's no denying we are so lost Staring down the end of time Every fear is realized Crying out it's much too late Nothing we can do to save For the time has come Now all of the fields are burning It blocks out the sun I see all the water rising To drown everyone This is tomorrow's way to end our days Watch as the clouds they gather now To wash us away At the end of days 09. Farther Than The Sun
Drifting like a comet
In the cold I cannot feel at all Fade to black And set out on my own This is my resolve I have to find a place where I belong I do not like What I have become No more compromise I will be gone Free to fly Farther than the Sun Something in the silence Beckons me And tells me every time Only your defiance Sets you free And brings you back to life I have to find a place where I belong I do not like What I have become No more compromise I will be gone Free to fly Farther than the Sun Farther than the Sun Farther than the Sun 10. Cry A River
Turn off the lights
Just close your eyes and tell me what you seeI bet it doesn't have a god damn thing to do with meThere's nothing left to sayI finally know the truth about youYou covered allYou played it wellI was the last to knowMy premonition was the only thing that let it showI gave you everythingBut I could never pacify youSo go on and cry me a riverDon't say this will haunt you foreverIt never didIt never willTear it awayI wanna see just what you really areAnd rip the veil that hides that wretched stone you call a heartThis is my agonyBut I'll be damned to stay beside youSo go on and cry me a riverDon't say this will haunt you foreverIt never didIt never willVows are not meant to be brokenYou never cared for a momentYou never didYou never willNow I know the truth about youAll you need I will deny youI'll be damned to stay beside youSo go on and cry me a riverDon't say this will haunt you foreverIt never didIt never willAll that you see you devourThe money the greed and the powerYou always didYou always willNow I know the truth about youAll you need I will deny you 11. All Ends Well
If I could ease your mindCalm the storm insidePull your drifting heart back from a cruel and bitter tideShow you that tomorrowEverything will be just fineAll in due timeSomewhere down the roadThe stars will showSomewhere down the roadYou're almost homeYou're almost homeIf you believe in nothing elseJust keep believing in yourselfThere will be times of troubleIt's gonna hurt like hellThis much I knowAll ends wellIt all ends wellIf I could heal the scarsShow you what you areBind the wounds of disbeliefThat brought you down so hardI would be the tourniquetAround your doubting heartAll in due timeSomewhere down the roadYour stars will showSomewhere down the roadYou're almost homeYou're almost homeIf you believe in nothing elseJust keep believing in yourselfThere will be times of troubleIt's gonna hurt like hellThis much I knowAll ends wellIt all ends wellIt's so hard to seeIt's so hard to findAll that you needWill come in timeThese words of wisdomDo not ignoreYou have so much to giveOnce you liveOnce you live a little moreIf you believe in nothing elseJust keep believing in yourselfThere will be times of troubleIt's gonna hurt like hellThis much I knowAll ends wellIt all ends wellThis much I know all ends well
12. Fortress
Am I lost to wonder forever
Perhaps for the rest of my days If all that has been surrendered Will just go to waste? You left me out in the distance To wander this world on my own Sometimes it's so hard to admit it But I can't let go I can't let you go Go on and take it all Go on and take it all (The Fortress coming down) I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all Everything is gone Oh I have seen it all Oh I have seen it all (The Fortress coming down) Go on and take it all Go on and take it all One thing I know is for certain We cannot have all we want Still this will not stop the hurting It is never gone now I hold on to the one thing Too fragile to stand on it's[sic] own The fortress we built it is crumbling Still I can't let go I can't let you go Go on and take it all Go on and take it all (The Fortress coming down) I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all Everything is gone Oh I have seen it all Oh I have seen it all (The Fortress coming down) Go on and take it all Go on and take it all Oh there'll come a time this I know There'll come a time You'll look back and regret when it's gone You'll look back and regret what is gone Oh there'll come a time this I know There'll come a time You'll look back and regret when it's gone You'll look back and regret what is gone In the end Too far gone This I can't deny Still I keep holding on You know There's still time On the outside looking in Everything seems fine But the fortress caving in Comes down on me tonight Go on and take it all Go on and take it all (The Fortress coming down) I know we can't save it all No we can't save it all Everything is gone Oh I have seen it all Oh I have seen it all (The Fortress coming down) Go on and take it all Go on and take it all Just take it all Just take it all Just take it all |