One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky Album Lyrics
Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky Lyrics
Writer: Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Wouldnt You Rather
Sell yourself short and buy a world of pain
Follow your bliss or pay the price, oh
All of these lessons, I've learned them so well
There is no gain worth the commerce of self
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start, oh start
You wear an albatross around your neck
The spoils of war will bring you down
Heed my advice, may you hear every word
Don't sacrifice meaning for riches that burn
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start, oh
All of these lessons I've learned for myself
There is no gain worth the commerce of self
A dream left for dead now, a nightmare that feels like hell
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
I'd rather live from the heart, oh
I'd rather live from the heart
Follow your bliss or pay the price, oh
All of these lessons, I've learned them so well
There is no gain worth the commerce of self
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start, oh start
You wear an albatross around your neck
The spoils of war will bring you down
Heed my advice, may you hear every word
Don't sacrifice meaning for riches that burn
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start, oh
All of these lessons I've learned for myself
There is no gain worth the commerce of self
A dream left for dead now, a nightmare that feels like hell
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart?
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
I'd rather live from the heart, oh
I'd rather live from the heart
Writer: Scott Phillips, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
In The Deep
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Writer: Brian Marshall, Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy, Scott Phillips
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Godspeed
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Writer: Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Native Son
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Writer: Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Take The Crown
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Indoctrination
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
The Bitter End
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Pay No Mind
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Forever Falling
One light
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Burning from long ago
The eternal flame
It's calling me back to find
One life
With so many tales untold
Living with open eyes
I discover a new storyline
If there is meaning in the prose
From the golden age
Let its wisdom guide me home
To a place
Where I am safe
A clear escape
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Clear Horizon
If I died tonight
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Walking on the Sky
If I died tonight
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Writer: Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Tear Us Apart
If I died tonight
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Writer: Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Dying Light
If I died tonight
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Would the question still remain
Did I live for what was right
Did I live this life in vain
A simulated lie
Just a spark that's sure to fade
Then I start to wonder why
I couldn't see the apparition from the start
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down so
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
This might be paradise
A mirage that's in decay
In this world it's hard to find
Something real among the wreckage of our hope
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
If I take a chance
Will you cross the line with me
And amend this circumstance
Only this eternal truth can set you free
Like a counterfeit
I've had enough of this
I bought the dream and it let me down
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
Pure escape
Pure escape
Pure escape
It's not too late
Lay me down
In the field
I'm letting go
There is beauty to behold
A pure escape
Just take me now
To a place
Where I am whole
To fill the void that I have known
It's not too late
I want to take a risk
I want to learn to live
To find the one thing that can't be sold
Awake now I see
The clear horizon
Was just out of reach
From the start
The day we can see
The clear horizon
Is the moment
We save our broken hearts
The clear horizon
A pure escape
The clear horizon
Writer: Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Walk the Sky is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alter Bridge, released on October 18, 2019 via Napalm Records. It was produced by the band's longtime collaborator Michael Baskette, who has produced all of the band's albums since 2007's Blackbird. The album's first single, "Wouldn't You Rather", was released on June 28, 2019. A second single, "Pay No Mind", was released on July 25, 2019, with four further singles, "Take the Crown", "In the Deep", "Dying Light", and "Godspeed" later released.
The album's cover art was designed by Dan Tremonti, brother of guitarist Mark Tremonti; its packaging was designed by Sturge Media and Janus Music Mgmt. Along with the announcement of the album's release, it was also revealed that the band would embark on a European tour with Shinedown, Sevendust and the Raven Age towards the end of 2019.
A deluxe edition of the album, titled Walk the Sky 2.0, was announced on September 15, 2020 and due out on November 6, 2020 via Napalm Records. The seven-track EP consists of a brand new song, "Last Rites", plus six live favourites from Walk the Sky.
It was named one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019 by Loudwire.
Genre(s):
Alternative metal, hard rock, progressive metal The album's cover art was designed by Dan Tremonti, brother of guitarist Mark Tremonti; its packaging was designed by Sturge Media and Janus Music Mgmt. Along with the announcement of the album's release, it was also revealed that the band would embark on a European tour with Shinedown, Sevendust and the Raven Age towards the end of 2019.
A deluxe edition of the album, titled Walk the Sky 2.0, was announced on September 15, 2020 and due out on November 6, 2020 via Napalm Records. The seven-track EP consists of a brand new song, "Last Rites", plus six live favourites from Walk the Sky.
It was named one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019 by Loudwire.
Length: 60:20
Released: October 18th, 2019
Year: 2019