Styx

Released: April 21, 2017

Songwriter: James Young Tommy Shaw Will Evankovich

Producer: Will Evankovich

[Verse 1: Lawrence Gowan]
Rise up and seize the day
Blue sky, we're on our way
You know it
All systems set to go
This is the big show
Believe it

[Chorus]
Feel that pressure
Break through the atmosphere
(Then we'll be) Gone, gone, gone

[Post-Chorus: Lawrence Gowan]
Light it up, let's get this
Show on the road

[Verse 2: Lawrence Gowan]
Slingshot to outer space
Here comes the human race
We want it
No one has ever flown into
The great unknown
We need it

[Chorus]
Feel that pressure
Break through the atmosphere
(Then we'll be) Gone, gone, gone

[Post-Chorus: Lawrence Gowan]
Light it up, let's get this
Show on the road

[Chorus]
Feel that pressure
Break through the atmosphere
Then we'll be gone, gone, gone

[Outro: Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw, & both]
Light it up, let's get
This show
Light it up, let's
Get this show
Light it up, let's get this
Show on the road

Styx is a rock band from Chicago formed in 1970. They enjoyed great success with pop rock and hard rock songs, and became famous for their power ballads and album releases of the mid 1970s and early 80s.

The band has gone through some famously nasty internal struggles, drug problems, illnesses and deaths, but continues to perform today (with a significantly altered line-up). Tommy Shaw, from Montgomery, AL, left but returned to the band. Drummer John Panozzo developed a debilitating drinking problem and ultimately died. Dennis DeYoung developed an acute case of photosensitivity, and he left the band. They fought among themselves for control of the band name. Glen Burtnik also left and returned, this time on bass, to replace Chuck Panozzo (John’s brother), who had also left the band. (whew.)

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