"White Knuckles" as written by Myles Kennedy and Mark / Tremonti....
Are you still lost tonight
Living but dead inside?
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
Living but dead inside?
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
Lyrics submitted by BillDogg2k, edited by PompeY2J
"White Knuckles" as written by Myles Kennedy Mark Tremonti
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it's absolutely my favorite song of Blackbird these days; and man, what a killing guitar riff!
it has also awesome sub-layer guitar work you may not notice in the first times so it's getting better every time you listen to it.
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
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 and bruised are the souls
Of those who show no resistance
Of those who are weal 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 break
It's been revealed
Hold on for your life
reams 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
I SAID ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
This is from the lyrics included with the album.
I guess he's singing about anticonformity. Do want you feel is right and not what other people tell you to do. Live out your dreams. Thinks might seem bad, but nobody can take your thoughts from you. Stick up for what you believe in.
"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 take control
’Cause empty are hands and
Bruised are the souls
Of those who show no resistance
Those who are weak below",
I think this is saying that the world tries to mold us into the people it wants and that we have to find the strength within ourselves to be who we want to be. Otherwise, we will fall to the world, if that makes sense.
Because , They tell you what you should be
Sell you the plastic dream
Opinions are all provided
But nothing is what it seems
Does this sound like the government ? yes it is. But its the NWO , "plastic dreams " is the RFID chips ! and the people that dont know the thruth , will say nothhing is what is seems ! its one of my favourite songs! And only the strong will survive.
We are the disillusioned
We've been left wanting more
We are the disenchanted
We die with each passing day
And no one here understands us
This part gives me a comforting feeling cause I know that I am not the only one who feels lost, there are other people out there with the same feelings.
It's all about discovering your inner strength so that you can happily survive in this world.