2010 Alter Bridge - AB III

"Slip To The Void"

Slip to the void

Tear the dark
Tear the fall
Crawl to the life you should have know
You should never come this way
To test the hands of fate
You don’t belong here

Peal back the skin

Close your eyes
World is born
To the abyss but be warned
You feel to become
My god what have you done
You don’t belong here

But it’s all in the way you touch and you obey denial
But it’s all in the way you touch and you obey denial

Sever the ties

Trip the wire
Dig your hole
Earth is alive and you know
You were once lead to believe
You were young and so naive
Now no longer

But it’s all in the way you turn your back today
Left to face this alone
Left to die with nothing you can’t own
Left to break in the cold
In the void that you made
The moment you let love go

Trying back your days (??)

You let them all escape your heart
Now that you’ve come so far
 Why did you have to fall so hard
Look at what you’ve done
What have you become

Left to face this alone

Left to die with nothing you can’t own
Left to break in the cold
In the void that you made
The moment you let love go
You let love go
You let love go
You let love go

"Isolation"

When all is lost to you inside

When all the darkness takes the light
The ritual it has begun
And now you tear away from everyone
Disconnected so alone yeah
Severed ties from all you know

Isolation Brings you to the end

Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Justify you waste away

You dare to dream but still you're too afraid
And now you're broken and deceived
Lost to live this cruel reality
You're disconnected so alone
Severed ties from all you know

Isolation Brings you to the end

Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Maybe you'll stand

Maybe you'll give and break to find another way
And make things better
 Maybe you'll find
A life you can live and learn to love along the way
And make things better
And make things better

Isolation Brings you to the end

Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Isolation Brings you to the end

Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be

You're disconnected so alone

What will come to be?
You're disconnected so alone

"Ghost Of Days Gone By"

The misery I know

Like a friend that won't let go
Is creeping up on me now once again

So I sing this song tonight

To the ghost that will not die
And somehow it seems to haunt me till the end

Do you feel the same

For what was remained
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again
Do you ever cry for the Ghost of Days Gone By

I remember summer days

We were young and unafraid
With innocence we'd glide beneath the stars

It seems so long ago

Beyond the life that I now know
Before the years would have their way and break my heart
 Do you feel the same
For what was remained
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again
Do you ever cry for the Ghost of Days Gone By

And I know it's drawing closer

With each day I feel the end
I... don't wanna die
Don't wanna die, don't wanna die

I don't wanna die

Do you feel the same

For what was remained
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again
Do you ever cry for the days gone by
Do they haunt you like a ghost until the end
Haunt you till the end, until the end
Until the end, until the end

"All Hope Is Gone"

A tireless stream of indifference flows

Through veins till the river runs dry.
I no longer care I have all but disposed
Of dreams that I once held inside

Desire is gone after all of these years

The fight has been lost I can concede
The apathy born a long time ago
Has grown to what I can’t defeat
No

I’ve been here too long

I’m tired and longing for more
How long must I run
To find what I’m looking for
All hope is gone.

The sadness I carry

So deep in my heart
for what could have been at my feet
It’s never forgotten it’s never too far
 I’m wasted so warn and so weak

I’ve been here too long

I’m tired and longing for more
How long must I run
To find what I’m looking for
All hope is gone

Ahhhh….
All hope is gone.

[guitar solo]

I’ve been here too long

I’m tired and longing for more
How long must I run
To find what I’m looking for
I’ve been here too long
I’m tired and longing for more
All hope is gone [x3]

"Still Remains"

I cast a line when I saw you were drowning

Still you turn your back on me
Pull you from the fire when you are burning
Still you never could believe

So carry on
If you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
Ohhhhh

Hey [echos]

Save you from your fall when you were slipping

Still you broke from to run
So how can you justify the life you’re living

You must carry on

If you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
 Ohhhhh

You’ll deny it all

You’ll deny me once again
But I’ve seen it all
I know you’ll come to crawl
Back to me before the end.

Carry on
If you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains

So carry on
If you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
Still remains

"Make It Right"

How many times have you cut only to feel no pain

How many days have you run only to crawl
How many nights did you scream only to scream in vain
How many years till you face the shame of it all

Into a fire you fall

If only you could make it right
Stand up and fight for resolve
If only you can make it right

How many lies did you steal just to convince the fool
How many masks did you wear disguise and remove
How many years till you break all that keeps breaking you
How many tears will you waste while finding the truth.

Into a fire you fall

If only you could make it right
Stand up and fight for resolve
If only you can make it right

Into the fire you fall

If only you could make it right
Stand up and fight for resolve
 If only you can make it right

There comes a time (Ohhh)

When one must decide (Ohhh)
The life they are living is far from true
Lost and deceived (Ohhh)
Not fit to believe (Ohhh)
I know I have so much I have yet to prove [x2]
I’ve yet to prove

Into a fire you fall

If only you could make it right
Stand up and fight for resolve
If only you can make it right
Into a fire you fall
If only you could make it right
Stand up and fight for resolve
If only you can make it right
(ooooohhhh yeahhhh....)

There will come a time

Only you can make it right
Only you can make it right

"Wonderful Life"

Yeah...
Close your eyes and just hear me sing
One last long good bye
One last song before you spread your wings
There’s so much left to say
And before this moment slips away

What a wonderful life

For as long as you’ve been at my side
And I want you to know
I loved you so

The cold night calls

And the tears fall like rain
It’s so hard letting go
Of the one thing I’ll never replace
And soon you will be gone
But these words they will live on
 Ohhhhh

What a wonderful life

For as long as you’ve been at my side
And I want you to know
I miss you so
And though our days come to an end
Know I’ll never love like this again
What a wonderful life
My friend

And all that I am you let me be

I will remember you
For all that you’ve done
And given to me
Oh love will remain
This I can see
Now and forever more
Because of you now I believe
I believe

What a wonderful life

For as long as you’ve been at my side
And I want you know
I loved you so
What a wonderful life
For as long as you’ve been at my side
And I want you to know
I miss you so

And though our days come to an end

Know I’ll never love like this again
What a wonderful life [x4]
And with one last embrace
As the tears fall like rain you’re gone
And with one last goodbye
As you fade out tonight you’re gone.
Ohhh….

"I Know It Hurts"

And you say this ain’t living

You say you can’t go on
 Only take as you’re given
Now your hope is all but gone

Though you lost your way (now it’s gone forever)

But I know your pain

We all fall sometimes you’re not the first

But I know it hurts
Yeah I know it hurts
In the end you’ll find what you deserve
Still I know it hurts
Yeah I know it hurts
Ohhhh...

And the tide’s only rising

The storm is on it’s way… yeah
But you can’t keep on fighting
So bitter worn and so afraid
Though it’s sad and wrong
I hope you will remember
You must carry on

We all fall sometimes you’re not the first

But I know it hurts
Yeah I know it hurts
In the end you’ll find what you deserve
Still I know it hurts
Yeah I know it hurts

There’s still tomorrow

Hold on hold on
There’s still tomorrow
Just wait just wait
There’s still tomorrow
Hold on [x2]

We all fall sometimes you’re not the first

But I know it hurts
Yeah I know it hurts
In the end you’ll find what you deserve
Still I know it hurts
Yeah I know it hurts
 "Show Me A Sign"

A trail of tears beyond redemption

Just a word and nothing more no more
I must reveal I am falling
To the dark I now am born

So if you hear this cry

Show me a sign give me meaning
Leave me to life let me know
Why all the lies I’m believing
Have lead me so far far from home

Gutting anguish not forgotten

Eternal life will not be mine tonight
But if I wake to find tradition (?)
This I know the fault is mine
This I know your fault is mine

So if you hear this cry

Show me a sign give me meaning
Leave me to life let me know
Why all the lies I’m believing
Have lead me so far far from home

And the fire inside is gone

And all that I once had is lost
To the darkness I am born

[spoken]
A trail of tears beyond redemption
Just a word and nothing more
I must reveal I am falling
To the dark I now am born

Show me a sign give me meaning

Leave me to life let me know
Why all the lies I’m believing
Have lead me so far far from home

Ohhhh…..
 "Fallout"

Oooooo.
Another river runs against the grain
Another is born
Each filled with anguish
Deep within he’s dying every day
To find his way
He is lost
So consumed

Can you feel him somewhere in the fallout

Is someone just like you
Who’s lost to find the truth
Can you hear him from afar he cries out
For the answer to be shown
As he dares to walk the fallout on his own

So frustrated
He walks the line alone
Courage sets him apart
He is so famished
All he once embraced he now disowns
He let it go
All the while
He still waits

Can you feel him somewhere in the fallout

He is someone just like you
Who’s lost to find the truth
Can you hear him from afar he cries out
For the answer to be shown
As he dares to walk the fallout on his own

Left behind he’s walking burning still he tries

To unearth the meaning to this life
Cast aside his weary bleeding (?)
Disconnected still he fights to the lost (?)

Can you feel him somewhere in the fallout

Is someone just like you
Who’s lost to find the truth
Can you hear him from afar he cries out
 For the answer to be shown
As he dares to walk the fallout on his own

"Breathe Again"

Ahhhhh...
I have played the part
I have all but lost my soul
And I have sacrificed for what it’s worth I just don’t know
In the silence of the heart
There is a distant call
Yeah...
It beckons me to stand apart.

So I set out on my own

Just to breath again
Touch the light that calls me home
Just to reach the end
Where I’m free to breathe again.

Ohhh...
Through the suffering through the misery and pain
Never anything but the will to see the day
Yeahh...
When the promise might be born
Light the spark within
Yeahh...
Cause I can’t take it anymore.

So I set out on my own

Just to breath again
Touch the light that calls me home
Just to reach the end
Well I’m free to breathe again.

Well I am free to roam

And set out on my own
To rise above the hands that try to hold me down
Before the end
I know I’ll breathe again to find my way

So I set out on my own

Just to breath again
Touch the light that calls me home
 Just to reach the end
I’m leaving today... [x3]

"Coeur D'alene"

When all the lights are faded

The encore’s come and gone
And I can’t take this no more
Well I can’t keep pretending
I just can’t play the part
I need the solace of her shores

Coeur d’Alene is calling out

And it won’t be long
Coeur d’Alene I’m coming now
Will I still belong

I look into the mirror

I don’t know who I am
A life so torn apart
I still long for the simple
I’m just a common man
Ye with this aching heart

Coeur d’Alene is calling out

And it won’t be long
Coeur d’Alene I’m coming now
Will I still belong

Safe at last in your arms

I’m safe at last in your arms

Coeur d’Alene is calling out

Where its water is calm
Coeur d’Alene I’m coming now
And it won’t be long
And it won’t be long
And it won’t be long

Safe at last
(and it won’t be long)
I’m safe at last
(and it won’t be long)
 "Life Must Go On"

Sitting alone in the cold of the night

You’re trying to find what you need to survive
So afraid
You can’t go on
Left to the silence that tears at your heart
It only reminds you how broken you are
You lost your way
Hope is not gone

Cause the sun always sets

The moon always falls
It feels like the end
Just pay no mind at all
Keep rolling
Rolling
Life must go on

Do you remember and long for the past

When love was eternal and joy seemed to last
Yesterday
Forever is gone

Cause the sun always sets

The moon always falls
It feels like the end
Just pay no mind at all
Keep rolling
Rolling
Life must go on
It must go on

We have our misfortunes

The darkest of days
But we must endure
And keep strong
Just look the morning
The promise awaits
And know that this life must go on

And the sun always sets

The moon always falls
 It feels like the end
Just pay no mind at all
Keep rolling
Rolling
Life must go on

And the sun always sets

The moon always falls
It feels like the end
Just pay no mind at all
Keep rolling
Rolling
Life must go on
It must go on

Life must go on
Life must go on
(When you feel you’re away) (?)
So you keep holding on
Keep holding on
(We all have our mistakes)
Life must go on
Life must go on
So you keep holding on
Keep holding on

"Words Darker Than Their Wings"

You say you are right

I hope that I’m wrong
I know that you’ve tried
But still it is gone

Just don’t you lose hope

I swear I’d never dream that we’re alone
Now don’t you let go
I swear I still believe though I don’t know

Remember the years

And I still walk tall
I only fear
Now I only crawl

How could I be wrong

I hope there comes a day your fear is gone
How could we be lost
Lost just cease to be not carry on

Into the light may you fall

Into the light may you follow
Into the light may you know
Truth alone

Into the light may you fall

Into the light may you follow
Into the light may you know
Truth alone
Truth alone

You can rise or run

Go never to ask why or to fear again

Go find your peace tonight
Go set out towards the sun
Let the new begin
Go soon your day will come

Your day will come

Into the light may you fall

Into the light may you follow
Into the light may you know
Truth alone

Into the light may you fall

Into the light may you follow
Into the light may you know
Truth alone
Truth alone

Truth alone
Truth alone
Truth alone

AB III
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AB III

Studio album by Alter Bridge

October 8, 2010
Released October 11, 2010
November 9, 2010
February 2010 – April
Recorded
2010
Hard rock, alternative
Genre metal, post-grunge,
progressive metal[1]
Length 66:07
Roadrunner Records
Label Alter Bridge Recordings
(North America)
Producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette
Alter Bridge chronology
Blackbird AB III
(2007) (2010)

Singles from AB III

1. "Isolation"
[2]
Released: September 26, 2010

AB III is the third studio album by the rock band Alter Bridge,
released on October 8, 2010 in Australia and Germany,
followed by a release date of October 11, 2010 for the rest of
Europe. It will be released in the United States on November 9,
2010.

It is a departure from the band's first two albums for several

reasons, the primary reason being that it is a loose concept
album, a first for Alter Bridge, with themes of mostly struggles
with faith and believing. It is more dynamic and progressive,
musically, and it features lyrics that are much darker than the
lyrics on the band's previous albums.[3] AB III is also the first
Alter Bridge album to be released through Roadrunner Records,
making it the band's third consecutive album to be released
through a different label.[4] The album was released through
Roadrunner Records worldwide except North America, where it
will be released through the band's own label, Alter Bridge
Recordings, with EMI handling distribution.[5]

The first single, "Isolation," was released on September 26.[2]

[edit] Background

Regarding the recording and mixing of the album, lead singer

Myles Kennedy said that the recording process for AB III was
different from that of the band's previous album, Blackbird,
because the band had about six weeks to arrange the music
before they started to work with their producer, Michael
Baskette. Kennedy said, "I think it actually worked out well,
because it's a very a spontaneous record."[6]

On June 21, 2010 the band announced the recording, mixing,

and mastering of AB III (which at the time was known by its
working title, Alter Bridge III), was finished and all that was
left was to decide on was the official title, song titles and track
listing, and album art.[7] On August 9, 2010 the band
announced the official title of the album would be AB III,
stating they think it is "simple yet effective". On the same blog
post, they announced each song on the record one by one
throughout the day.[8] Later that month it was confirmed that
AB III would be released worldwide (excluding North America)
through Roadrunner Records, making AB III Alter Bridge's
third consecutive album to be released through a different
record label. The same press release confirmed a European
release date of October 11, 2010 for the new album. [4] On
October 6, the band announced that the album is scheduled for
a North American release on November 9, 2010 through their
own label, Alter Bridge Recordings, with EMI handling
distribution.[5]

Michael Tremonti, guitarist Mark Tremonti's brother and the

band's fan liaison, confirmed that "Hope" and "Zero" will be
included on the United States version of the album as bonus
tracks. He also said the Japanese version will contain a bonus
track called "For What May Never Come."[9]

The first single from AB III, "Isolation," was released on

September 26.[2]

[edit] Music and lyrical content

AB III, initially described by the band as being very dark,

heavy, and dynamic, is lyrically a very dark record and a radical
departure from the band's first two albums, One Day Remains
and Blackbird, in terms of subject matter. It is a concept
album, a first for Alter Bridge, about a character "desperately
struggling to find their place in a world steeped in doubt and
emptiness," whereas the other two Alter Bridge records
primarily focus on themes of "hope and perseverance in the
face of adversity." Kennedy has said that the album "touches
on the thoughts and emotions of someone who has come to
question everything that was once regarded as an absolute
truth" and that is about "the realization that everything you
once believed in might not exist." However, on AB III, there
are songs that touch on other emotions as well such as
"Wonderful Life," a song about a man losing his wife to
disease.[3]

The record is also much more intricate, progressive, and

dynamic than their first two albums.[3] It has even been
described as progressive metal in some reviews.[1]

Kennedy plays more lead guitar on this album than he does on

Blackbird. He said that "[he's] definitely doing things [he
hasn't] done in a long time as a guitar player." [10]

[edit] Reception

[hide] Professional ratings

 Review scores

Source Rating
[11]
Artistdirect
[citation needed]
Kerrang!

Reflections of [12]
Darkness
[13]
Type 3 Media

AB III has received very positive reviews. Rob Laing from

MusicRadar highly praised it and called it "one of the guitar
albums of the year."[14] Claudia Falzone from Outune.net, an
Italian music website, also praised AB III and said that it
"reveals another unpredictable side" to Alter Bridge, but that
because of that, "the earliest fan could not welcome this record
immediately" and that the record "will require more than one
or two listenings to be appreciated and understood at your
best."[15]

Petra Whiteley from Reflections of Darkness called AB III

"impressive" and a "must-get," and stated that "the
musicianship of this album is altogether honed to excellence."
She also praised the band by saying that "they are more
interested in making music and that authenticity of their art
and integrity are more important to them than the commercial
side of it." She later went on to say that Alter Bridge "will go
far and shouldn’t be missed out on."[12]

Rick Florino from Artistdirect gave the record an extremely

positive review and a perfect 5 out of 5 score. He said that it is
"one of the best rock records of 2010" and called it a
"sprawling masterpiece that illuminates just how brilliant this
band truly is" and "a juggernaut of an album that places the
band firmly in the rock 'n' roll pantheon forever." [11] He
expanded on this in an interview with Myles Kennedy by calling
the album "everything 21st century rock music should be" and
saying that it will "establish this band among the most
important in the genre."[16]
 However, not all reviews have been entirely positive. A
reviewer from Type 3 Media said, "Overall AB III is a good
effort, but it may not hold up to Alter Bridge’s previous
releases."[13]

On its first day, AB III reached the #1 rock album and #4

overall on the iTunes Store in Germany. In Australia, it reached
the #2 rock album.[citation needed]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Tremonti and Myles

Kennedy and arranged by Alter Bridge.

AB III
No. Title Length
1. "Slip to the Void" 4:55
2. "Isolation" 4:15
3. "Ghost of Days Gone By" 4:28
4. "All Hope Is Gone" 4:51
5. "Still Remains" 4:47
6. "Make It Right" 4:18
7. "Wonderful Life" 5:22
8. "I Know It Hurts" 3:57
9. "Show Me a Sign" 5:58
10. "Fallout" 4:24
11. "Breathe Again" 4:24
12. "Coeur d'Alene" 4:33
13. "Life Must Go On" 4:34
14. "Words Darker Than Their Wings" 5:21
Total length: 66:07
[show]United States Edition

[show]Japanese Edition

[edit] Personnel

Alter Bridge
 Myles Kennedy — lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
 Mark Tremonti — lead and rhythm guitar, backing and
lead vocals
 Brian Marshall — bass guitar
 Scott Phillips — drums, percussion, keyboards

Production
 Michael "Elvis" Baskette — producer
[17]
 Brian Sperber — mixing
[18]
 Ted Jensen — mastering