Alter Bridge - Before Tomorrow Comes (Planet Rock live session)

Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti perform an exclusive acoustic version of their anthem ’Before Tomorrow Comes’ from 2007 album ’Blackbird’ at the Planet Rock studios in central London for a handful of listeners. Myles explained for the first time to the audience (and Mark!) the origin and meaning of the lyrics: “When it came time to do the lyrics, your goal is to tie a real good musical melodic idea to a lyric that really means something to you. And that’s what I was kinda struggling with, I was trying to find that inspiration. So interestingly enough, unfortunately we had this hurricane back in the United States, it was Hurricane Katrina, when it hit New Orleans. It was just heartbreaking watching all of this stuff unfold. So I remember I stayed up, watching the news and I couldn’t sleep. I don’t think I’ve ever talked about this! I couldn’t sleep, at all, cos all those images were kinda weighing on me, which is where the ’I couldn’t sleep I had