Creed - With Arms Wide Open (Live Acoustic) from With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective

With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective, a 3CD 40 song set including the radio hits, rarities, acoustic versions and demos from the Creed vaults, officially collected here for the first time. Disc One is an all-new Best Of featuring the 16 official singles from all four of Creed’s studio albums. The album is sequenced chronologically and includes currently unavailable radio edits where possible. Creed was the first band in history to chart seven consecutive #1 Rock Radio singles. Best Of : The Singles 01 My Own Prison [Radio Edit] 02 Torn [Radio Edit] 03 What’s This Life For [Album Edit – Clean] 04 One [Radio Edit] 05 What If [Radio Edit] 06 Higher [Top 40 Version] 07 With Arms Wide Open [New Version with Strings] 08 Are You Ready? 09 My Sacrifice [Radio Edit] 10 Bullets 11 One Last Breath [Radio Version] 12 Don’t Stop Dancing 13 Weathered [Edit] 14 Overcome 15 Rain [Pop Mix] 16 A Thousand Faces [Radio Edit] Disc Two officially collects for the first time on one disc all the soundtrack hits, the two The Doors rarities and three never before released demos, “Why”, “Blistered” (from the My Own Prison sessions) and “More Than This” (from the Full Circle sessions). Rarities & Demos 01 To Whom It May Concern 02 Is This the End [Scream Edit] 03 Bound and Tied 04 Young Grow Old 05 Silent Teacher 06 I’m Eighteen 07 Roadhouse Blues [Live at Woodstock ’99] 08 Riders on the Storm 09 Blistered [Demo] 10 More Than This [Demo] 11 Why [Demo] Disc Three includes a legacy selection of the available studio and various live acoustic versions, newly re-mastered. Acoustic 01 My Sacrifice [Live Acoustic] 02 My Own Prison [Acoustic Version – Extended] 03 Don’t Stop Dancing [Acoustic Version #3] 04 With Arms Wide Open [Acoustic Version] 05 What’s This Life For [Alternate Version – Clean] 06 Rain [Live Acoustic] 07 My Own Prison [Live Acoustic] 08 With Arms Wide Open [Live Acoustic] 09 Overcome [Live Acoustic] 10 One [Live Acoustic] 11 Torn [Live Acoustic] 12 Higher [Live Acoustic] 13 To Whom It May Concern [Live Acoustic] LYRICS Well I just heard the news today It seems my life is going to change I close my eyes, begin to pray Then tears of joy stream down my face With arms wide open Under the sunlight Welcome to this place I’ll show you everything With arms wide open With arms wide open Well I don’t know if I’m ready To be the man I have to be I’ll take a breath, I’ll take her by my side We stand in awe, we’ve created life With arms wide open Under the sunlight Welcome to this place I’ll show you everything With arms wide open Now everything has changed I’ll show you love I’ll show you everything With arms wide open With arms wide open I’ll show you everything, oh yeah With arms wide open, wide open If I had just one wish Only one demand I hope he’s not like me I hope he understands That he can take this life And hold it by the hand And he can greet the world With arms wide open With arms wide open Under the sunlight Welcome to this place I’ll show you everything With arms wide open Now everything has changed I’ll show you love I’ll show you everything With arms wide open With arms wide open I’ll show you everything, oh yeah With arms wide open, wide open #Creed #PostGrunge #AlternativeRock