Anthem Lights

Released: October 28, 2014

Songwriter: Carrie Underwood

[Verse 1]
He said, "I've been where you've been before
Down every hallway's a slamming door
No way out, no one to come and save me
Wasting a life that the Good Lord gave me

[Verse 2]
Then somebody said what I'm saying to you
Opened my eyes and told me the truth
They said, "Just a little faith, it'll all get better."
So I followed that preacher man down to the river and now

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm changed
And now I'm stronger

[Chorus]
There must've been something in the water
Oh, there must've been something in the water

[Verse 3]
Well, I heard what he said and I went on my way
Didn't think about it for a couple of days
Then it hit me like a lightning late one night
I was all out of hope and all out of fight

[Verse 4]
Couldn't fight back the tears so I fell on my knees
Saying, "God, if you're there come and rescue me."
Felt love pouring down from above
Got washed in the water, washed in the blood and now

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm changed
And now I'm stronger

[Chorus]
There must be something in the water
Oh, there must be something in the water

[Bridge]
And now I'm singing along to amazing grace
Can't nobody wipe this smile off my face
Got joy in my heart, angels on my side
Thank God almighty, I saw the light
Gonna look ahead, no turning back
Live every day, give it all that I have
Trust in someone bigger than me
Ever since the day I believed

[Outro]
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

Anthem Lights is a contemporary pop group from Nashville, TN. The band started as a solo project for singer Chad Graham under the name “Yellow Cavalier” around 2007. Graham and his friend Alan Powell began writing songs together for the project. After a series of recording sessions, the two decided that Yellow Cavalier should be a group of vocalists rather than just one.

Graham contacted his other friends Kyle Kupecky and Caleb Grimm from Liberty University to see if they’d be interested in joining the band. The two accepted and later had Powell become a vocalist as well. The group released a self-titled EP in mid 2009. It was then decided that the guys should rename themselves as “Anthem Lights”, for reasons that Kupecky states, “These songs [are] our anthem to the world saying, "Listen, we know there’s a lot of darkness in this life, but in the end, light is gonna win.” And we wanna be the light to people and just show them who the light of the world is."

Months later, the group was signed to Reunion Records, a subdivision of Provident Label Group, and released their self-titled EP under their new name in February of 2011, which three months later was taken down and made into their self-titled album.

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