alter bridge watch over you

"Come To Life"

Heytore away the veil of weaknessThe enemy now lies beneath us

I think we're safe

HeyWon't be held down any longerNo disgrace and no dishonor

Keep us chained

[Chorus:]There's nothing we should have to fear

It's alrightWe've come to life

We'll never shed another tearI'ts alright

We've come to life

Heythe bulletproof are so resilientTo every fool with an opinion

They never break

By the wayWe scream to find a reason

Never doubt or stop believingAnd escape

[Chorus]

Now wicked toungues can speakAnd rewrite history

But you can't keep the truth containedAnd like this song was sung

Just realize we're oneAnd don't forget we're here to stay

--------------------------------------------------"Rise Today"

The wind is blowing coldHave we lost our way tonight?

Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

Feels like we're all aloneRunning further from what's right

And there are no more heroes to follow

So what are we becoming?Where did we go wrong?

[Chorus:]Yeah, oh yeah

I want to rise todayAnd change this world

Yeah, oh yeahOh, won't you rise todayAnd change this world?

The sun is beating downAre we ever gonna change

Can we stop the blood from running?

Our time is running outHope we find a better way

Before we find we're left with nothing

For every life that's takenSo much love is wasted



Yeah, oh yeahSo won't you rise today

And change

This worldOnly love can set it right

oooooThis world

If only peace would never die

Seems to me that we've got each other wrongWas the enemy just your brother all along?



Yeah, oh yeahOh won't you rise todayAnd change this world?

Yeah, oh yeahI want to rise todayAnd change this world

Yeah, oh yeahI want to rise todayAnd change this world

---------------------------------------------"Metalingus"

I've been defeated and brought downDropped to my knees when hope ran outThe time has come to change my ways

On this day I see clearly everything has come to lifeA bitter place and a broken dream

And we'll leave it all, leave it all behind

I'll never long for what might have beenRegret won't waste my life again

I won't look backI'll fight to remain

On this day I see clearly everything has come to lifeA bitter place and a broken dream

And we'll leave it all, leave it all behind

On this day its so real to meEverything has come to life

Another chance to chase a dreamAnother chance to feel Chance to feel alive

ooooohFear will kill me, all I could be

Lift these sorrows

Let me breathe, could you set me freeCould you set me free

On this day I see clearly everything has come to lifeA bitter place and a broken dreamAnd we'll leave it all behindOn this day its so real to meEverything has come to life

Another chance to chase a dreamAnother chance to feel Chance to feel alive

-------------------------------------------"Open Your Eyes"

Looking back I clearly seeWhat it is that's killing meThrough the eyes of one I knowI see a vision once let go

I had it all

Constantly it burdens meHard to trust and can't believeLost the faith and lost the love

When the day is done

Will they open their eyesAnd realize we are one

On and on we stand aloneUntil our day has come

When they open their eyesAnd realize we are one

I love the way I feel todayBut how I know the sun will fade

Darker days seem to beWhat will always live in me

But still I run

It's hard to walk this path aloneHard to know which way to goWill I ever save this day

Will it ever change


Still today we carry onI know our day will comeWhen they open their eyesAnd realize we are one


(its hard to walk this path alonehard to know which way to go)

Will they open their eyesand realize we are one

(lost the faith and lost the love when the day is done)


----------------------------------------------------------"Watch Your Words"my Favorite song

Watch your wordsOr your words might drown you

And cure my woundsAnd the light will blind you

To truly see wellYou must have faith

Oh the righteous they can't waitA saving graceThat we all know

Let us prayLet us hold on

[CHORUS]

I can't breatheI prefer to find a ceiling

To the hate of mineI can't win

I can fight no moreI am drowning

And I'm sick inside

Push no moreAnd the day will find you

Speak no truthAnd your ways will end you

It's alrightAnd you must move on

Though the damageHas been done

Cherish the lifeAnd the ones you hold

Can you changeCan you go on

[CHORUS]

To truly see wellYou must have faith

Oh the righteous they can't waitA saving graceThat we all know

Let us prayLet us hold on

[CHORUS]

"In Loving Memory"

Thanks for all you've doneI've missed you for so longI can't believe you're gone

You still live in meI feel you in the windYou guide me constantly

I've never knew what it was to be alone, noCause you were always there for me

You were always there waitingAnd ill come home and I miss your face so

Smiling down on meI close my eyes to see

And I know, you're a part of meAnd it's your song that sets me free

I sing it while I feel I can't hold onI sing tonight cause it comforts me

you

I carry the things that remind me of youIn loving memory of

The one that was so trueYour were as kind as you could be

And even though you're goneYou still mean the world to me

I've never knew what it was to be alone, noCause you were always there for me

You were always there waitingBut now I come home and it's not the same, no

It feels empty and aloneI can't believe you're gone



I'm glad he set you free from sorrowI'll still love you more tomorrowAnd you will be here with me still

And what you did you did with feelingAnd You always found the meaning

And you always willAnd you always willAnd you always will

Ooo's



"Blackbird"

The willow it weeps todayA breeze from the distance is calling your name

Unfurl your black wings and waitAcross the horizon it's coming to sweep you away

It's coming to sweep you away

[Chorus:]Let the wind carry you home

Blackbird fly awayMay you never be broken again---------------------------The fragile cannot endure

The wrecked and the jaded a place so impureThe static of this cruel world

Cause some birds to fly long before they've seen their dayLong before they've seen their day


Blackbird fly awayMay you never be broken again-----------------------------

Beyond the suffering you've knownI hope you find your way

May you never be broken again

Ascend may you find no resistanceKnow that you made such a difference

All you leave behind will live to the endThe cycle of suffering goes onBut memories of you stay strong

Someday I too will fly and find you again


Blackbird fly awayMay you never be broken again------------------------------

Beyond the suffering you've knownI hope you find your way

May you never be broken againMay you never be broken again

"Before Tomorrow Comes"

I couldn't sleep I had to listenTo a conscience knowing so well

That nothing comes from indifferenceI 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 tellI guess time will only tell

[Chorus:]So don't let it be

Before tomorrow comesBefore you turn awayTake the hand in needBefore tomorrow comes

You could change everything

I curse my worth and every comfortThat blinded me for way too long

Damn it all I'll make a difference from now onCause I'm wide awake to it allCause I'm wide awake to it all

[Chorus]

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?

[Chorus]

We could be so much more than we areWe could be so much more than we areWe could be so much more than we are

Oh this much I know

“Brand New Start"Against the skyStreams of light

Call out to me and you

We leave as oneWe've just begun

To find the solace we're dueThis is the life we must choose

[Chorus:]We will make a brand new startFrom the pieces torn apart

The break of day is before us

Cast your sorrows to the windLet the highway take us inAs we escape the disorder

--------------------This desert roadThat we call home

This is our destinyWe'll chase the setting sun

As we outrunA life of agony

God how we ache to be free[Chorus 2x]

We'll make our wayWe'll make our wayWe'll make our wayWe'll make our way

"Break Me Down"

It's too late the time has comeI've kept this inside me for way too long

Silence will leave me coldLost on a highway that never takes me home

[Chorus:]I want to step asideI want to give it upBefore I lose it all

It's tearing me insideThe way you break me down

Oh there will come a timeWhen I will come undoneAnd you will let me fallI'll leave it all behindBefore you break me down

The weight of a thousand liesPromises broken haunt me all the timeYou say that you're sure to changeBut that black heart reveals that

You'll always stay the same[Chorus]I realize

ForgivenessIs calling

And it's callingI've deniedThe reasonI'm falling

And I'm fallingSo let go[Chorus]

"Breathe Again"

Ahhhhh...I have played the part

I have all but lost my soulAnd I have sacrificed for what it’s worth I just don’t know

In the silence of my heartThere is a distant call

Yeah...It beckons me to stand apart.

So I set out on my ownJust to breath again

Touch the light that calls me homeJust to reach the end

Where I'm free to breathe again

Ohhh...Through the suffering through the misery and pain

Never anything but the will to see the dayYeahh...

When the promise might be bornLight the spark within

Yeahh...Cause I can’t take it anymore.



Well I’m free to breathe again.

Well I am free to roamAnd set out on my own

To rise above the hands that try to hold me downBefore the end

I know I’ll breathe again to find my way



I’m leaving today... [x3]"Buried Alive"

I twist and turnIn the darkest spaceCan't find my worthAs I numb the pain

Glass to the skyWith a blacktooth grinThis whiskey smileTakes me down again

I'm cold and I'm so afraidThat I'm too weak and I can't change

[Chorus:]I've been buried alive and

I don't want to be here anymore

Reached out a thousand times forA hand to pull me from below

I've been buried alive in a worldOf constant sorrow

Reach down tonight and set me free...Save tomorrow

Another shotSlip into the haze

Another nightSoaked in my disgrace

Toast to the lieI'll raise my glass and run

A wasted lifeWhat have I become?

[Chorus]

Save tomorrowSave tomorrow

Let me breathe againShow me where I begin

To find the will to changeBefore I lose everything

[Chorus]

Reach down tonight and set me freeAnd I will follow

"Coming Home"

As I peel awayAll the years of pain

I discovered what's been all alongYou were so rightI was so wrong

Every shooting starThey all fall so hard

They all fade like a played out songNow is the time

Before all is lost

I'm coming homeI'm coming home

[Chorus]So I'm coming home

Lost on a road I don't belongI'll rest my song

I'm so aloneFar from the streets I call my own

I'm coming home

Rushing back to meAs the city sleeps

So afraid of what I will find

Memories they hauntFrom deep inside

Every broken manComes to understand

that he'll never find paradiseWhen all that he wantsWas there all the time

I'm coming homeI'm coming home


Lost on a road I don't belongI'll rest my song


So I'm coming homeBack to a world left long ago

And now I knowI'm coming home

I'll find my way backI'm letting goI'm coming home

We come to findWhat we take for grantedKeeps us alive in the end

So don't let timeLeave you empty handed

Reach out tonight and make amends


Back to the place where I belongI'll rest my song


So I'm coming homeBack to a world left long ago

Now I knowI'm coming home

I'll find my way back

I'm coming homeI'm coming home"One By One"

Underneath the desert sunThey bid my brother's blood to run

Many miles awayHell has come today

Fire raining from the skySee the face of fear asking one last time

Let me get home safeBefore it's too late

[Chorus:]One by one

The brave will fallLife is lost againThey gave it all

Deep within the castle wallsSo many grieve as funeral songs

Echo endlesslyOde to memories

This sacrifice of flesh and bloodFor a promised land that may not be wonLet us not forget the hero laid to rest

[Chorus]

And they gave it allA price we can't ignore

Is there hope in what they're dying for?Fore every hero born

From every family tornWe will honor you forevermore

[Chorus 2x]

"Watch Over You"

Leaves are on the groundFall has come

Blue skies turning greyLike my love

I tried to carry youAnd make you whole

But it was never enoughI must go

[Chorus:]Who is gonna save you

When I'm gone?And who'll watch over you

When I'm gone?

You say you care for meBut hide it well

How can you love someoneAnd not yourself?

[Chorus]

And when I'm goneWho will break your fall?

Who will you blame?

I can't go onAnd let you lose it allIt's more than I can takeWho'll ease your pain?

Ease your pain

[Chorus:]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 groundWinters come

You long to hear my voiceBut I'm long gone

"Wayward One"

And they cryAnd they call

As the wayward walk alone

City lightsUrban sprawl

In a place no one should know

Shown no graceShown no love

These mean streets are meant for none

[Chorus:]Take them back to the startLet the purest of heart

Know their worth is still spoken

As they fight to existWe neglect and resist

Let this circle be broken

Broken homesBroken lives

They repeat themselves in time

It's passed onDown the line

Till we heal the wounds inside

It's not too lateTo make things right

Dress wounds with loves pure light

[Chorus]

They're still waitingThey still cry

They still want to know they'll be all right

All I'm sayingCan we try?

To bring the wayward ones back home tonightBring the wayward one back home tonight

[Chorus]"Ties That Bind"

I tear on the leashThat keeps me contained and controlled

Let me go

I want to break freeAnd fight my way out of this hole

[Chorus]One last hope

To rise and break awayAbove the faded line

Way beyond the ties that bind

This I knowThe risk is worth the gainIt's worth the sacrifice

Way beyond the ties that bind

I run but the chainsPull me right back to the floor

You controlI rattle the cage

I won't be your slave anymore

[Chorus]

You broke me into piecesDon't tell me what to be

Damn you all I'm gonna find my way

[Chorus]

"White Knuckles"

Are you still lost tonight?Living but dead insideThis is a proclamationThis is a call to rise

Are you abused, alone?Walking with broken bones

If you feel you've been forgottenLet this song guide you home

We are the disillusionedWe've been left wanting more

Before every aspiration hits the floor

[Chorus:]

Hold on for your lifeAll we feel is so far from aliveThe damned are done believingThe cursed can dream no moreSo hold on for your life

Because only the strong survive

The tell you what you should beSell you the plastic dreamOpinions are all provided

But nothing is what it seems

I dare you to take controlCause empty are hands andBruised are the souls

Of those who show no resistanceOf those who are weak below

We are the disenchantedWho die with each passing day

No one here understands us so I say

[Chorus]

How will it feel?To live a lie until your dying day

Where nothing is realAs we sacrifice bending until we break

It's been revealedHold on for your life

Dreams are not theirs to take...Dreams are not theirs to take

[Chorus]

I said only the strong survive

alter bridge watch over you

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