Blackbird

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



Song: Blackbird
Artist: Alter Bridge
Album: Blackbird

Blackbird is the second album of an American rock band Alter Bridge. The album was released on October 9, 2007. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200, selling 47,000 copies on its first week on the charts.

Probably one of the best songs Alter Bridge have ever done. It's my favorite song along with Shed My Skin. This band has the kind of style, edge and talent that made old rock legends what they are.

It's about someone who has been through a lot of suffering and is finally freeing his hold. If you can read its complete lyrics, the words 'flying away' is about freedom from this world and could have meant death.

The willow that weeps in the first verse is the family or the people close to this person who are crying over their loss. The true depression they'd ever bound within will lasts for what seems like a lifetime

It's about acceptance. All things must someday reach its horizon but what makes this more heartbreaking is the unavoidable or unexpected death. The heart-rending sorrow of the final goodbye..that arrives too soon.

It's about letting go. There has existed no greater heartbreak than the last embrace on the lifeless body of that one you loved. But the memories are always strong..preserved on part of our mind.

"Let the wind carry you home..One day it's our time to fly and you will never be broken again."

Check out their upcoming DVD release "Live from Amsterdam" available 11/09.