Blackbird

Alter Bridge

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

[Chorus:]
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

[Chorus:]
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

[Chorus:]
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


Lyrics submitted by ColdenScence

Blackbird Lyrics as written by Myles Kennedy Mark Tremonti

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    its pretty sad that this song, which is a great song, one of the best ive ever heard, has 1 page of comments and my chemical romance "black parade" has 19 pages. i say this because both songs are about death.... MCR is an "emo" band... you know, emotional.... but yet this song has 10x the emotion, its expressed by ACTUAL singing.... great lyrics, and the music expresses it as well. Gerard from MCR said the black parade is the most epic thing hes ever heard, clocking in at 5 minutes long. this song is 8 minutes long, has like 3 guitar solos, and is just simply epic. i bring this up with the comparison because its just sad how shitty bands get so much attention these days because of their image, if alter bridge wear eye liner and wined instead of singing and didnt play guitar solos theyd be millionairs.....

    anywho.... this song is about death, the death of a close friends. it is really great. anyone whos lost a close relative or friend could relate.

    dinosaurs4breakfaston December 23, 2007   Link

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