Alter Bridge - One Day Remains lyrics

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  1. Find The Real
  2. One Day Remains
  3. Open Your Eyes
  4. Burn It Down
  5. Metalingus
  6. Broken Wings
  7. In Loving Memory
  8. Down To My Last
  9. Watch Your Words
  10. Shed My Skin
  11. The End Is Here




Find The Real

Stuck in the middle, I burrow inside,
back to the cradle.
Away from the burdens of all my crimes,
before it's fatal.
My past has found me, the truth's come out,
all is remembered.
With no place to fall, but straight down,
I must surrender.

Well it seems I've finally thought of everything,
I wanna love, I wanna feel,
find peace, find the real.

There's a face I put on all my life,
the face of an angel.
But I look in the mirror only to find,
the face of a stranger.
And with all I've taken I hunger for more,
cause I'm selfish.
And all I'm left with is a crown of thorns,
and I'm helpless.

Well it seems I've finally thought of everything,
I wanna love, I wanna feel,
find peace, find the real.

I'll trade these lives for something right.
I will kill what hurts with something pure.
I will be redeemed so I can breathe again.

Well it seems I've finally thought of everything,
I wanna love, I wanna feel,
find peace, find the real.

Well it seems I've finally thought of everything,
I wanna love, I wanna feel,
find peace, find the real.




One Day Remains

As your will is bent and broken
and every vision has been cast into the wind
as your courage crashes down before your eyes
don't lay down and die

'Cause I see in you
More than you'll ever know
And I ask you, "Why
You question the strength inside?"
And you need to know
How it feels to be alive

When every wound has been re-opened
And in this world of give and take, you must have faith
And the distance to your dreams stretch beyond reach
Don't lay down and die
No

Cause I see in you
More than you'll ever know
And I ask you, "Would
You question the strength inside?"
And you need to know
How it feels to be alive...

How it feels
How it feels to be alive...
How it feels
How it feels to be alive...
How it feels
How it feels to be alive...

Cause I see in you
More than you'll ever know
And I ask you, "Would
You question the strength inside?"
And you need to know
How it feels to be alive...
How it feels to be alive..




Open Your Eyes

Looking back I clearly see
What it is that's killing me
Through the eyes of one I know
I see a vision once let go
I had it all

Constantly it burdens me
Hard to trust and can't believe
Lost the faith and lost the love
When the day is done

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one
On and on we stand alone
Until our day has come
When they open their eyes
And realize we are one

I love the way I feel today
But how I know the sun will fade
Darker days seem to be
What will always live in me
But still I run

It's hard to walk this path alone
Hard to know which way to go
Will I ever save this day
Will it ever change

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one
Stand the pain and carry on
I know the day will come
When they open their eyes
And realize we are one

ohhh... ohhhhh.... ohhhh....

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one
(its hard to walk this path alone
hard to know which way to go)
Will they open their eyes
and realize we are one
(lost the faith and lost the love when the day is done)

Will they open their eyes
And realize we are one




Burn It Down

Drank so much last night I think that I drown
but now my cup is empty
no one has seen the will around now my heart is aching
Sometimes I fall asleep for days
but my bed is empty
I know I'm too set in my ways
Tell um all I'm okay

So burn it down
discover the dusk of your day has reached it's dawn
so burn it down
remember to find a new way to carry on

flew so high last night
I think I fell to the ground so heavy
woke up to find this living hell
it use to be so easy
hard to tell my nights now from my days
the curtains hide my feelings
don't feel I have any right to pray
and will they find me someday?
someday

So burn it down
discover the dusk of your day has reached it's dawn
so burn it down
remember to find a new way to carry on (2x)

and whatever takes us away
will be the same to drive us on
And whatever takes us away
will be the same to drive us on

remember to find a new way
a way to see it all
its finally slipping away
soon it will be gone
remember to find a new day
remember to carry on...

So burn it down
discover the dusk of your day has reached it's dawn
so burn it down
remember to find a new way to carry on (2x)




Metalingus

I've been defeated and brought down
Dropped to my knees when hope ran out
The time has come to change my ways

On this day
I see clearly
Everything has come to life
A bitter place and a broken dream
And we'll leave it all
Leave it all behind

I'll never long for what might have been
Regret won't waste my life again
I won't look back I'll fight to remain

On this day
I see clearly
Everything has come to life
A bitter place and a broken dream
And we'll leave it all behind
On this day
It's so real to me
Everything has come to life
Another chance to chase a dream
Another chance to feel
Chance to feel alive

Fear will kill me
All I could be
Lift these sorrows
Let me breathe
Could you set me free
Could you set me free

On this day
I see clearly
Everything has come to life
A bitter place and a broken dream
And we'll leave it all behind
On this day
It's so real to me
Everything has come to life
Another chance to chase a dream
Another chance to feel
Chance to feel alive




Broken Wings

Fight the fight alone
When the world is full of victims
Dims a fading light
in our souls
Leave the peace alone
Now we all are slowly changing
Dims a fading light
in our souls

In my opinion seeing is to know
The things we hold are always first to go
And who's to say we won't end up alone

On broken wings I'm falling
and it won't be long
The skin on me is burning
by the fires of the sun
On skinned knees I'm bleeding
and it won't be long
I've got to find that meaning
and I'll search for so long

Cry ourselves to sleep
We will sleep alone forever
Will you lay me down
in the same place with all I love
Mend the broken homes
Care for them
they are our brothers
Save the fading light in our souls

In my opinion seeing is to know
What you give will always carry you
And who's to say we won't survive it too

On broken wings I'm falling
and it won't be long
The skin on me is burning
by the fires of the sun
On skinned knees I'm bleeding
and it won't be long
I've got to find that meaning
and I'll search for so long

Set a free all
Relying on their will
to make me all that I am
and all that I'll be
Set a free all
Will fall between the cracks
with memories of all that I am
and all that I'll be

On broken wings I'm falling
and it won't be long
The skin on me is burning
by the fires of the sun
On skinned knees I'm bleeding
and it won't be long
I've got to find that meaning
and I'll search for so long




In Loving Memory

Thanks for all you've done
I've missed you for so long
I can't believe you're gone and
You still live in me
I feel you in the wind
You guide me constantly

I never knew what it was to be alone....no
'Cause you were always there for me
You were always home waiting

But now I come home
And I miss your face so
Smiling down on me
I close my eyes to see

And I know
You're a part of me
And its your song
That sets me free
I sing it while
I feel I can't hold on
I sing tonight
'Cause it comforts me

I carry the things that remind me of you
In loving memory of the one that was so true
You were as kind as you could be
And even though you're gone
You still mean the world to me

I never knew what it was to be alone....no
'Cause you were always there for me
You were always home waiting

But now I come home
And its not the same no
It feels empty and alone
I can't believe you're gone

And I know
You're a part of me
And it's your song
That sets me free
I sing it while
I feel I can't hold on
I sing tonight
'Cause it comforts me

I'm glad He set you free from sorrow
But I'll still love you more tomorrow
And you'll be here
With me still

All you did you did with feeling
And you always found a meaning
And you always will
And you always will
And you always will

And I know
You're a part of me
And it's your song
That sets me free
I sing it while
I feel I can't hold on
I sing tonight
'Cause it comforts me




Down To My Last

To the ones in which we sing
We are honored you let us in
I remember the thoughts of many things
Of the glory that you bring

I was never the right one
to dare to dream
It's funny what this life has done to me now
You were always the only
To help me see that was a road I must find
A road that was mine

But I'm down to my last
I'm standing here alone
Looking back on it all
But I'm down to my last
I'm ready but I'm wrong
and I'm blind to it all

And to the ones in which we sing
Ones who tried to do us in
I remember your name and I know your face
I can't forgive and can't erase

I was never the right one
to bear the weight
of something fueled by words I learned to hate
You were always the only
to help me see that to love is to shine
In your world I'm blind

But I'm down to my last
I'm standing here alone
Looking back on it all
But I'm down to my last
I'm ready but I'm wrong
and I'm blind to it all

*Guitar Solo*

But I'm down to my last
I'm ready but I'm wrong
and I'm scared of it all...

But I'm down to my last
I'm ready but I'm wrong
and I'm blind to it all

But I'm down to my last
I'm ready but I'm wrong
and I'm blind to it all




Watch Your Words

Watch your words
or your words might drown you
and cure my wounds
and the light will blind you

to truly see well you must have faith
oh the righteous they can't wait
a saving grace that all we know
let us pray
let us hold on

I can't breath
I prefer to find a ceiling to this hate of mine
I can't win
I can't fight no more
I'm drowning
and I'm sick inside...
Push no more and the day will find you
Speak no truth and your ways will end you

It's alright and you must move on
Though the damage has been done
Cherish the life and the ones you hold
Can you change?
Can you go on?

I can't breath
I prefer to find a ceiling to this hate of mine
I can't win
I can't fight no more
I'm drowning
and I'm sick inside

to truly see well you must have faith
oh the righteous they can't wait
a saving grace that all we know
let us pray
let us hold on

I can't breath
I prefer to find a ceiling to this hate of mine
I can't win
I can't fight no more
I'm drowning
I'm sick inside

I can't breath...




Shed My Skin

I am not alone
I live with the memories, regret is my home
This is my true freedom

Express all the feelings of what I've become
I watch the rising sun

I hope I find some peace today
It seems I've gone away
It seems I've lost myself
It seems I've really lost my way
It seems I've lost my self
It seems I've...

Shed my skin
Are you ready for me?
Or purge my love
Are you ready for me?

A bitter, sinking feeling
Awake to the fact there's no going back
To the world in which I was living
I'm searching for something, but found less than nothing
I watch the rising sun

I hope I find some peace today
It seems I've gone away
It seems I've lost myself
It seems I've really lost my way
It seems I've lost my self
It seems I've...

Shed my skin
Are you ready for me?
Or purge my love
Are you ready for me?
Oh 'cause I'm dying to feel
What I have lost
Oh and what I was

All my life I've waited
Endless days have taken
Taken what made me free
Years have gone
I'm broken
Left the past unspoken
Those years...
Oh and they haunt me still

Shed my Skin
Are you ready for me?
Or purge my love
Are you ready for me?
And shed my skin




The End Is Here

Endless days
we search for what we hold inside
so hard to find
Luck turns
will the fallen ever reach within
and rise again

For the rest of my life..
I will find the answers that were always here
I will find the meaning this time
I will fight the end
till the end is here..

wasted time
with words that seem to break our will
they bind us still
without a care
they tarnish what we hold so dear
what was once so clear

For the rest of my life
I will find the answers that were always here
I will find the meaning this time
I will fight the end
till the end is here..
the end is here
the end is here
the end is here
the end is here

For the rest of my life
I will find the answers that were always here
I will find the meaning this time
I will fight the end
till the end is here..