Lyrics to "Light Up The Sky" by the Afters
I had been waiting for the latest album by the
Afters, and am glad to see it is finally here. Their opening single is
also the title track "Light Up the Sky" which you can hear on their
MySpace page. They have an digital EP on iTunes with
two more songs ("We Won't Give Up" and "Runaway") which sound pretty good too.
Unfortunately with the recent popularity of Tenth Avenue North, I sometimes
get the two confused since they both have a similar sound. Heck, I like both
bands, but I hope they are both able to do well. Here are the lyrics to all the tracks on the Afters' new album:
01. Light Up The Sky
When I'm feeling all alone
With so far to go
The signs are no where on this road
Guiding me home
When the night is closing in
Is falling on my skin
Oh God, will You come close?
Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me You are with me
I, I, I can't deny
No, I can't deny that You are right here with me
You've opened my eyes
So I can see You all around me
Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me
That You are with me
When stars are hiding in the clouds
I don't feel them shining
When I can't see You beyond my doubt
The silver lining
When I've almost reached the end
Like a flood You're rushing in
Your love is rushing in
Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me You are with me
I, I, I can't deny
No, I can't deny that You are right here with me
You've opened my eyes
So I can see You all around me
Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me
That You are with me
So I run straight into Your arms
You're the bright and morning sun
To show Your love there's nothing You won't do
Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me You are with me
I, I, I can't deny
No, I can't deny that You are right here with me
You've opened my eyes
So I can see You all around me
Light, light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me
That You are with me (Whoa, oh, oh)
That You are with me (Whoa, oh, oh)
That You are with me (Whoa, oh, oh)
02. Lift Me Up
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up
Waiting for the sunrise
Waiting for the day
Waiting for a sign
That I'm where you want me to be
You know my heart is heavy
And the hurt is deep
But when I feel like giving up
You're reminding me
That we all fall down sometimes
But when I hit the ground
You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I can't see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I'm letting go
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up
I know I'm not perfect
I know I make mistakes
I know that I have let you down
But you love me the same
And when I'm surrounded
When I lose my way
When I'm crying out and falling down
You are here to
Lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I can’t see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I'm letting go
I can see the dawn is breaking
I am feeling overtaken with your love
With your love
I don't know what I can offer
In this moment I surrender to your love
To your love
You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
You lift me up when I can't see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I'm letting go
I can see the dawn is breaking
I am feeling overtaken with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up with your love
You lift me up
03. Start Over
Your impossible is possible
But you're fear is so responsible
Keeping you down, keeping you down
Your unreachable is reachable
But you'll never grab the wonderful
With your feet on the ground
Your feet on the ground
If you fall on your face
Don't just leave it to fate
No such thing as too late
It's not too late
To start over, start over, start over
Start over, start over, start over
You'll never have what you won’t lose
If you get up to stomp your shoes
To start over, start over, start over
Start over, start over, start over
You've got to find the other size
To give it one more, one more try
And start over
You only fail if you never try
You never live trying not to die
I'm telling you now
I'm telling you now
Don't ever stop, give all you got
Don't hesitate, to take a shot
It all comes around
Yeah, it all comes around
If you fall on your face
Don't just leave it to fate
No such thing as too late
It's not too late
To start over, start over, start over
Start over, start over, start over
You'll never have what you won't lose
If you get up to stomp your shoes
To start over, start over, start over
Start over, start over, start over
You’ve got to find the other size
To give it one more, one more try
And start over
There's so much, so much left to gain
There's so much, so much left to lose
You'll never know until you make a move
If you fall on your face
Don't just leave it to fate
No such thing as too late
It's not too late
To start over, start over, start over
Start over, start over, start over
You'll never have what you won't lose
If you get up to stomp your shoes
To start over, start over, start over
Start over, start over, start over
You've got to find the other size
To give it one more, one more try
Start over
04. Runaway
Hear your voice on the phone
And my heart just died when you said you're not going home
Where are you, are you safe?
Are you trying to escape from what you can't undo?
Hoping that the world forgets you
But I can't, no I won't forget you
I know you're out there tonight
Looking for somewhere to hide
Hey, hey, hey
You don't have to runaway
You're hanging over the edge
It's not too late to look back
Hey, hey, hey
You don't have to runaway
Everywhere that you turn
Somehow every face is another bridge that you burn
So you fade, you can't stay
If you can find another life in another place
And hope the world forgets your name
But I can't, no I won't forget you
I know you're out there tonight
Looking for somewhere to hide
Hey, hey, hey
You don't have to runaway
You're hanging over the edge
It's not too late to look back
Hey, hey, hey
You don't have to runaway
You think you lost it all
And there's nothing left of you
There's nowhere you can fall
But love will catch you, (Love will catch you)
But love will catch you, (Love will catch you)
Love will catch you, (Love will catch you)
I know you're out there tonight
Looking for somewhere to hide
Hey, hey, hey
You don't have to runaway
You're hanging over the edge
It's not too late to look back
Hey, hey, hey
You don't have to runaway
Hey, hey, hey...
Hey, hey, hey...
You don't have to runaway
You think you've lost it all
You think you've lost it all
You don't have to runaway
You don't have to runaway
(You think you've lost it all)
You don't have to runaway...
05. I Am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I can walk across the world
And never find the answer
I could search the sky above
And never get any closer
You made it all
And I will have to fall
At the feet of the One
Who fell for me
You gave your life for mine
To have me by your side
I won't look back anymore
Now that I, I am yours
You'll never say goodbye
You are the reason why
I won't look back anymore
Now that I, I am yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
All the rest can disappear
Without any traces
I have nothing left to fear
As long as Your face is
All I can see
You are all I need
Every breath, every step
You're here with me
You gave your life for mine
To have me by your side
I won't look back anymore
Now that I, I am yours
You'll never say goodbye
You are the reason why
I won't look back anymore
Now that I, I am yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I belong to you
You and you alone
I belong to you
You and you alone
I belong to you
You and you alone
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
You're here with me
You gave your life for mine
To have me by your side
I won't look back anymore
Now that I, I am yours
You'll never say goodbye
You are the reason why
I won't look back anymore
Now that I, I am yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I am Yours
I can walk across the world
I can search the sky above
You made it all
And I am Yours
06. Life Is Sweeter
My heart is giving up
All my plans are broken
Your face is all I see
Though my world is falling
As I watch you head into the sun
I never thought it was my one
Chance to say goodbye
I never want to say goodbye
Life is sweeter, sweeter
On the other side, on the other side
I will see you, see you
On the other side, on the other side
I'll find the stars to light me through
I'll find a way to get to you
Life is sweeter on the other side of here
So far from where you are
But I feel you with me
Your in the place where I belong
Where my life is waiting
As I watch the rising of the sun
I pray that I could just have one
Chance to say goodnight
I never want to say goodbye
Life is sweeter, sweeter
On the other side, on the other side
I will see you, see you
On the other side, on the other side
I'll find the stars to light me through
I'll find a way to get to you
Life is sweeter on the other side of here
Everyday I get a little bit closer
To reaching you
But I can't wait, till I'm with you forever
Everyday I get a little bit closer
To reaching you
But I can't wait till I hold you forever
Life is sweeter, sweeter
On the other side, on the other side
I will see you, see you
On the other side, on the other side
I'll find the stars to light me through
I'll find a way to get to you
Life is sweeter on the other side of here
On the other side of here
07. Say It Now
Can we work this out
I don't want to close the door
Before the sun goes down
We can't let this go to far
I'll do anything
To meet you anywhere you are
'Cuz it doesn't matter anymore
Who was right or wrong
If we could only find the words we lost
Before what we have is gone
Say it now, we find a way
To say it now, don't be afraid
To say it now, everything we're keeping inside
Don't wait just let your heart speak
Don't waste another heart beat
Cuz we'll never know
Until we let it out, let it out
Say it say it now
Say it say it now
My heart is wearing thin
I don't want to fight a war
That no ones going to win
All this time we've grown apart
Looking for an end
If I'm the one that's holding on
Holding back
Here's how we begin
Say it now, we find a way
To say it now, don't be afraid
To say it now, everything we're keeping inside
Don't wait just let your heart speak
Don't waste another heart beat
Cuz we'll never know
Until we let it out, let it out
Say it say it now
Say it say it now
I hope we leave it all behind
No more getting lost between the lines
Can we work this out
I don't want to close the door
Before the sun goes down
Say it now, we find a way
To say it now, don't be afraid
To say it now, everything we're keeping inside
Don't wait just let your heart speak
Don't waste another heart beat
Cuz we'll never know
Until we let it out, let it out
Say it say it now
Say it say it now
Cuz we'll never know
Until we let it out, let it out
Say it say it now
08. We Won't Give Up
Everywhere, everyday
All we hear is, all we hear is
Wait, it's not your time
Just get back in line
And they can try to knock us down
We've got our feet nailed to the ground
If you want to count us out, go ahead
But it's not over yet
We won't back down
We've gotta take our best shot
Give it all we got now
We won't back down
They say we'll never make it
But we're gonna take it all the way
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't give up, we won't give up
With the clock running down
We're gonna leave our fears and failures all behind
This is our time
We'll reach till we touch the sky
We won't back down
We've gotta take our best shot
Give it all we got now
We won't back down
They say we'll never make it
But we're gonna take it all the way
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't hold back and we won't slow down the pace
We wont let go and we won't call off the chase
We won't back down
We've gotta take our best shot
Give it all we got now
We won't back down
They say we'll never make it
But we're gonna take it all the way
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't give up! We won't give up!
We won't give up, we won't give up
We won't give up! We won't give up!
We won't give up, we won't give up
They say we'll never make it
But we're gonna take it all the way
We won't give up!
09. Saving Grace
Like a man on a wire
I balance between
A heart filled with desire
A head that knows everything
Somewhere out in the middle
You found me
I've got one foot in the clouds
One foot on the ground
You keep me steady somehow
Keep me from looking down
Somewhere out in the middle
You found me
Falling into you
Is safe and sound
You open up my eyes
I see it now
You're my saving grace
You're my saving grace
I run to my hiding place
My saving grace
My life hangs on a string
But I'm not afraid
I feel your love down below me
If it starts to break
Somewhere out in the open
You found me
Falling into you
Is safe and sound
You open up my eyes
I see it now
You're my saving grace
You're my saving grace
I run to my hiding place
My saving grace
My saving grace
Carry me now
On your shoulder
I won't look down
Pull me closer
Carry me now
On your shoulder
I won't look down
Pull me closer
Pull me closer
You're my saving grace
You're my saving grace
I run to my hiding place
My saving grace
My saving grace
10. For The First Time
There's a different sunrise
It's a different world
In a way I feel like
I have just begun
Like I don't remember
Waking up from a dream
All my chains are broken
And it feels so free
I can breathe for the first time
I can see for the first time
It's like you opened my eyes
I can feel my heart is coming alive
I feel alive
I can breathe for the first time
For the first time
For the first time
Oooo Ooooo Oooo
For the first time
For the first time
Once a life imprisoned
I was locked in the past
But your love has given
Given one more chance
Once my light was fading
But you gave me yours
Now my world is brighter
Than it was before
I can breathe for the first time
I can see for the first time
It's like you opened my eyes
I can feel my heart is coming alive
I feel alive
I can breathe for the first time
For the first time
For the first time
Oooo Ooooo Oooo
For the first time
For the first time
And I've never run so far
I've never felt so strong
When I am where you are
I found where I belong
For the first time
For the first time
I can breathe for the first time
I can see for the first time
It's like you opened my eyes
I can feel my heart is coming alive
I feel alive
I can breathe for the first time
For the first time
For the first time
Oooo Ooooo Oooo
For the first time
For the first time
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