digital booklet - blackbird

8/11/2019 Digital Booklet - Blackbird

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All songs written by Alter Bridge N Published by Mark Tremonti Music (BMI), Happy Papper Music (ASCAP),

Open Water Music (BMI), and Bassgrove Music (ASCAP) NProduced by Michael Elvis Baskette NRecorded by Dave

Holdredge NDigital engineering by Jeff Moll NRecorded at Blackbird Studio, Nashville TN & Studio Barbarosa,

Bavon VA NAssisted by John Netti NMixed by Brian Sperber NMixed at Electric Lady Studio, NYC NAssisted

by Noah Goldstein NDrum Tech: Tony Adams NGuitar Tech: Ernie Hudson NPress/Fan Liason: Michael Tremonti N

Mastered by Brian Big Bass Gardner at Bernie Grundman Studios, Los Angeles CANA&R: Tom MackayNManagement:

Paul Geary and Steve Wood for Azoff Music Management NBooking Agents: Ken Fermaglich and Neil Warnock for The

Agency Group - New York & London NBusiness Management: Scott Adair at London & Co NLegal Representation:

Orville Almon and Jim Zumwalt at Zumwalt, Almon, and Hayes Mark Passler at Akerman Senterfitt N

Additional Legal Representation: Lisa C Socransky-Austin and Brian McClain NPR: Serena Gallagher & Kevin Chiara-

monte for Universal Republic NProducer Management: Heather Hawkins at AAM NArt Direction and Design: Daniel

Tremonti at Core 12 NBand Photography: Chapman Baehler


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The willow it weeps today

A breeze from the distance is calling your name

Unfurl your black wings and wait

Across the horizon its coming to sweep you away

Its 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 the this cruel word

Cause some birds to fly long before theyve seen their day

Long before theyve seen their day

LET THE WIND CARRY YOU HOME

BLACKBIRD FLY AWAY


BEYOND THE SUFFERING YOUVE KNOWNI HOPE YOU FIND YOUR WAY


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 the memories of you stay strong

Someday I too will fly and find you again

(Chorus)


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NALTER BRIDGE THANKSN Our loyal fans and loyal fansites around the world You guys are amazing! Steve Wood, Paul Geary, Irving Azoff, and all at Azoff Music Management

NMonte Lipman, Avery Lipman, Tom Mackay, Kim Garner, Frank Arigo, Joel Klaiman, Dave

Downey, David Nathan, Serena Gallagher, Pat Monaco, Wayne Chernin, Kirk Harding, Brett

Alperowitz, Cameo Carlson, Lisa Linder, Michael Reinert, Imran Majid and everyone at

Universal Republic NMichael Elvis Baskette for helping us achieve our vision NDave

HoldredgeNJeff Moll. Brian I hope you didnt pay for those pants SperberNJeff Cameron

N Randy Dease NBrian McClain NMichael Tremonti NDaniel Tremonti and everyone

at Core 12 NKen Fermaglich, Neil Warnock, and everyone at The Agency Group N Josh

Wilber NBrian Big Bass Gardner, Marie Lewis, and all at Bernie Grundman Mastering N

Orville Almon, Jim Zumwalt, and everyone at Almon, Zumwalt, and Hayes NMark Passler

and all at Akerman/Senterfitt N Scott Adair @ London and Co N Our loyal crew: Ernie

Hudson, Tony Adams, Ian Keith, James Poeping, Randy Lane, Jason Wham Spense, Frank

Sgambellone, Joe Lennane, and all who have shared the road with us. NKeith Hagan and

PFA Media NGarry Whitfield, Dave Johnson and everyone at Temp CFONRick Krim @ VH1

N Erik Luftglass N Paul Reed Smith, Winn, and everyone at PRS Guitars N Bob

Borbonus and Taylor Guitars N Tien and everyone at Mesa Boogie Amplification N

Bill and everyone at Morley PedalsNElliot Rubinson at DeanNJim DunlopNUwe Salwender

NSteve Lobmeier and all at DAddario/EvansNSarah, Jim, & John @ ZildjianNColin, Scott &

George @ Premier DrumsNKim @ Gibralter/Kaman MusicNMarco @ Vic FirthNGarrison @

DW pedalsNJohn Netti, Scott Phillips, and everyone at Blackbird StudiosNHeather Hawkins

at AAMNElectric Lady StudiosNSIR Nashville TNNMarsha Reece @ Silver Lining StudiosN

Ralph Mastrangelo and Clair Bros. N John Greenstreet at Horizon Entertainment

Cargo N Noah Goldstein N Paul Suarez N Adam Edge Copeland NDale Torborg N

Jeff Sachs NJohnny Damon and family NJim Mallonee and all @ HOB NColleen Flynn

and everyone @ Hard Rock Live NSharrise Pessar at Live Nation NDavid Innes @ Suntrust

NAll at Preferred Travel

MYLES KENNEDY N LEAD VOCALS AND GUITARMARK TREMONTI N GUITAR AND BACKING VOCALSBRIAN MARSHA N BASS

SCOTT PHILLIPS N DRUMS


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NMYLES THANKS N Selena NMom and Dad Kennedy NDavid, Marie and Kohen Kennedy NTammy, Nathan, Gabe, Elijahand Noah Kennedy-Gibbens NHarley and Brigitte Frank NAric and Garrett Frank NMark, Victoria and Austen Tremonti NScott,

April and Cadence Ph illips NBrian and Donna Marshall NSiggy NRandy and Audrey Howell NRick Krim NRon, Deb and the

Reed Family NLisa and Kelly Socransky-Austin NLeah Simon NMike Tremonti Sr. NThe Haines Family NThe Ostrom Family

NThe Kennedy Family NGary Allen NZia Uddin NChris White NAlessandro Cortini NSean Vanguilder NJoe Brasch NTom

and Mark Anderson NDoug and Sherry Clark NThe Morse Family NBob, Nate, Charlie and all at Marks Guitars NRon Anderson

NVictory Mirabal NEric E Rock Friedman NBrian Nakel NThe Monahan Family NEric and Stephanie Johnson NTodd and

Katie Phillips NRoy Jackson NJaime Vendera and the Voice Connection NDon and Shelly Meister NRandy Fencil NBill Peck

NThe Connolly Family NThe Stamness Family NBen Cole NChad Bouldry NRob Daiker NTommy Lipnick NRoyce Covington

NWarren Haynes NJulia Plummer NEric Hoppe (for being the first believer)

NMARK THANKSN God NVictoria and Austen N My pops Michael Tremonti N My brothers Michael and Dan TremontiN My entire Tremonti, Stanley, and Rodriguez extended family N Scott, April and Cadence Phillips N Myles &

Selena Kennedy N Brian & Donna Marshall N Ben Wozney N Eric Erock Freidman and Erin Bee Stroup N Dale

Torborg N George Sperekas N My guitar bros: Erock, Bill Peck, Troy Stetina, Michaelangelo Batio, Rusty Cooley,

Jason Suecof, Mark Lewis, Adam Phillips, and Mike Maletta NBrian Nakel NJason GrimsleyNAngelo Cedeno NAaron Brabham N

John, Lori & Jordan Connolly NDamion Riccio NDr. Vince Wilson NJack GuarnieriNJohnny Hiland NJudd White NKevin Miller

NThe Cassas FamilyNPeter Janis NThad Thompson NCyrus M Rab NChad Bouldry NBen Cole NTom RobbNMike MuellerNBrian The Man Chadaris NJesse at Rudys Music NElliot Rubinson NRobert Knight NDavid WeidermanNJeff Diamont

NFLIP THANKSN April and Cadence I love you! NMom and Dad NTodd and Katie Phillips NBill and Elsie Cope NDon, Angela, and Stephanie Phillips NVictoria, Austen, Mike, Dan, and all of the Tremonti family N Selena and the Kennedy

family NDonna and all 376 Marshalls NThe Norris family NThe Hamben family NThe Williams family NRichard and Deanna

Welsh NScott, Jamie, and Riley Quinn NThom and Kara Chamberlain NPaul, Jenn, and Pierce Hoobler NAaron and Tracy

Young NJohn, Lori, and Jordan Connolly NTony Adams and Ernie Hudson for your dedication to the making of this album N

Chris Rolandelli NBen Cole NPhil Connor NUltimate Audio NThe DDC NTo all my friends, family, extended family, and

brothers who Ive shared the stage and the road with NThank You! NFinally to 3 of my best friends NMark, Myles, and Brian

NThank you guys for everything!

NBRIAN THANKSN GOD NMy Loving Family, Momma & Bpaw Marsha ll, Chad Marshall, Kevin Marshall NDonna Marshall NSteve Bucci NAdam Grasch NBrian Mcclain NJeff Cameron NMark, Myles and Flip for your strength and support through all

of our personal and collective struggles. I am truly grateful. Thank you. NMAY THE TIES THAT BIND US TOGETHER BE STRONGER

THAN THE ONES THAT TEAR US APART.


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1 TIES THAT BINDI tear on the leash

That keeps me contained and controlled

Let me go

I want to break free

And bite my way out of this hole

ONE LAST HOPETO RISE AND BREAK AWAY

ABOVE THE FADED LINE

WAY BEYOND THE TIES THAT BIND

THIS I KNOW

THE RISK IS WORTH THE GAIN

ITS 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 cageI wont be your slave anymore

(Chorus)

You broke me into pieces

Dont tell me what to be

Damn you all Im gonna find my way

(Chorus)

2COME TO LIFE

Hey

Tore away the veil of weakness

The enemy now lies beneath us

I think were safe

Hey

Wont be held down any longer

No disgrace and no dishonor

Keep us chained

THERES NOTHING WE SHOULD HAVE TO FEAR

ITS ALRIGHT

WEVE COME TO LIFE

WELL NEVER SHED ANOTHER TEAR

ITS ALRIGHT

WEVE COME TO LIFE

Hey

The bulletproof are so resilientTo every fool with an opinion

They never break

By the way

We scream to find a reason

Never doubt or stop believing

And escape

(Chorus)

Now wicked tongues can speak

And rewrite history

But you cant keep the truth contained

And like the song was sungJust realize were one

And dont forget were here to stay

(Chorus)

3BRAND NEW STARTAgainst the sky

Streams of light

Call out to me and you

We leave as one

Weve just begun

To find the solace were 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

Well chase the setting sun

As we outrun

A life of agony

God how we ache to be free

(Chorus 2x)

WELL MAKE OUR WAY

WELL MAKE OUR WAY

WELL MAKE OUR WAY

WELL MAKE OUR WAY

4BURIED ALIVEI twist and turn

In the darkest space

Cant find my worthAs I numb the pain

Glass to the sky

With a blacktooth grin

This whiskey smile

Takes me down again

Im cold and Im so afraid

That Im too weak and I cant change

IVE BEEN BURIED ALIVE AND

I DONT WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE

REACHED OUT A THOUSAND TIMES FORA HAND TO PULL ME FROM BELOW

IVE BEEN BURIED ALIVE IN A WORLD

OF CONSTANT SORROW

REACH DOWN TONIGHT SET ME FREE....

SAVE TOMORROW

Another shot

Slip into the haze

Another night

Soaked in my disgrace


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Toast to the lie

Ill raise my glass and run

A wasted life

What have I become?

(Chorus)

SAVE TOMORROW

SAVE TOMORROW

Let me breath againShow me where I begin

To find the will to change

Before I lose everything

(Chorus)

REACH DOWN TONIGHT SET ME FREE

AND I WILL FOLLOW

5COMING HOME

As I peel away

All the years of pain

I discovered whats 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

Im coming homeIm coming home

SO IM COMING HOME

LOST ON ROAD I DONT BELONG

ILL REST MY SONG

IM SO ALONE

FAR FROM STREETS I CALL MY OWN

IM 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 hell never find paradise

When all that he wants

Was there all the time

Im coming homeIm coming home

SO IM COMING HOME

LOST ON ROAD I DONT BELONG

ILL REST MY SONG

IM SO ALONE

FAR FROM STREETS I CALL MY OWN

SO IM COMING HOME

BACK TO A WORLD LEFT LONG AGO

AND NOW I KNOW

IM COMING HOME

ILL FIND MY WAY BACKIM LETTING GO

IM COMING HOME

We come to find

What we take for granted

Keeps us alive in the end

So dont let time

Leave you empty handed

Reach out tonight and make amends

SO IM COMING HOME

BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE I BELONG

ILL REST MY SONGIM SO ALONE

FAR FROM THE STREETS I CALL MY OWN

SO IM COMING HOME

BACK TO A WORLD LEFT LONG AGO

NOW I KNOW

IM COMING HOME

ILL FIND MY WAY BACK

IM COMING HOME

IM COMING HOME

6BEFORE TOMORROW COMESI couldnt 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 DONT 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 to longDamn it all Ill make a difference from now on

Cause Im wide awake to it all

Cause Im wide awake to it all

(Chorus)

Does anyone care it aint right what were doing?

Does anyone care it aint right where were going?

Does anyone dare justify how were living?

Does anyone here care at all?

(Chorus)

WE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE THAN WE ARE



OH THIS MUCH I KNOW


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7 RISE TODAYThe wind is blowing cold

Have we lost our way tonight?

Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

Feels like were all alone

Running further from whats right

And there are no more heroes to followSo what are we becoming?

Where did we go wrong?

YEAH, YEAH

I WANT TO RISE TODAY AND

CHANGE THIS WORLD

YEAH, YEAH

OH WONT 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 were left with nothing

For every life thats taken

So much love is wasted

(Chorus)

YEAH, YEAH

SO WONT YOU RISE TODAY AND

CHANGE THIS WORLD?

This worldOnly love can set it right

This world

If only peace would never die

Seems to me that weve got each other wrong

Was the enemy just your brother all along?

(Chorus)

YEAH, YEAH

OH WONT YOU RISE TODAY AND CHANGE

THIS WORLD?

(Chorus 2x)

8 the blackbird(See other side for lyrics)

9ONE BY ONEUnderneath the desert sunThey bid my brothers 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 its 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

(Chorus)

And they gave it all

A price we cant ignoreIs there hope in what theyre dying for?

For every hero born

From every family torn

We will honor you forevermore

(Chorus 2x)

10WATCH OVER YOULeaves are on the ground

Fall has come

Blue skies turning grey

Like my love

I tried to carry you

And make you wholeBut it was never enough

I must go

WHO IS GONNA SAVE YOU

WHEN IM GONE?

WHOLL WATCH OVER YOU

WHEN IM GONE?

You say you care for me

But hide it well

How can you love someone

And not yourself?

(Chorus)

And when Im gone

Who will break your fall?

Who will you blame?

I cant go on

And let you lose it all

Its more than I can take

Wholl ease your pain?

Ease your pain

WHO IS GONNA SAVE YOU

WHEN IM GONE?WHOLL WATCH OVER YOU?

WHO WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH

WHEN YOURE NOT STRONG?

WHOLL WATCH OVER YOU WHEN IVE

GONE AWAY?

Snow is on the ground

Winters come

You long to hear my voice

But Im long gone


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11BREAK ME DOWNIts too late the time has come

Ive 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 UPBEFORE I LOSE IT ALL

ITS 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

ILL 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 youre sure to changeBut that black heart reveals that

youll always stay the same

(Chorus)

I realize

Forgiveness

Is calling

Its calling

Ive denied

The reason

Im fallingIm falling

So let go

(Chorus)

12 WHITE KNUCKLESAre 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 youve been forgotten

Let this song guide you home

We are the disillusioned

Weve been left wanting more

Before every aspiration hits the floor

HOLD ON FOR YOU LIFEALL 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

They 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 andbruised 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

(Chorus)

How will it feel?

To live a lie until your dying day

Where nothing is real

As we sacrifice bending until we breakIts been revealed

Hold on for your life

Dreams are not theirs to take...

dreams are not theirs to take

HOLD ON FOR YOU 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

I SAID ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE

13WAYWARD ONEAnd they cry

And they call

As the wayward walk alone

City lights

Urban sprawl

In a place no one should knowShown 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 homesBroken lives

They repeat themselves in time

Its passed on

Down the line

Till we heal the wounds inside

Its not too late

To make things right

Dress the wounds with loves pure light

(Chorus)

Theyre still waitingThey still cry

They want to know theyll be all right

All Im saying

Can we try?

To bring the wayward ones back home tonight

Bring the wayward one back home tonight

(Chorus)


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