There's a Chance - Tombstone Chronicles IV - The Green Album - Holworks Music 2026 all rights reserved
Mark S. Holman - Lead vocal Ai enhanced, production
Meristolis for trumpets, production, and backing vocals
Holworks Music
Yamaha
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It was February 25, 2008. I was sitting on a cold sidewalk in a black tie, feeling completely out of place. The fancy event I had just left was still buzzing behind me, but my mind was somewhere else entirely — racing through dreams that felt both ridiculously close and impossibly far away.That night, questions flooded my head:Is that ladder I see really leading to an easy “cakewalk”… or is it just another one of my mind’s silly schemes?
Why does success sometimes feel like it’s being held back by cold, unyielding forceps?
And what’s this heavy metal lining — forged in platinum — that’s been resting on my head for so long, blocking me from breaking through?
In that moment of doubt and self-reflection, one quiet truth kept rising above the noise:
There’s a chance.There’s a chance I can do something bigger than myself.
There’s a chance I can finally see clearly — unblinded.
There’s a chance to tear down the shielding, reach up, and claim the life I’ve been dreaming about.The song was born right there on that sidewalk — a raw reminder that even when potential burns like a nova sun and things keep going wrong, hope still flickers. The bridge and chorus became my personal battle cry: we can book tomorrow, we can follow our dreams now, and we can live beyond the confines of who we think we are.Fifteen years later, “There’s a Chance” still hits me the same way. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt stuck between where they are and where they know they could be. It’s for the dreamers, the late-night thinkers, and the ones brave enough to ask, “What if I actually tried?”So here it is — straight from that sidewalk in 2008, now fully realized with driving guitars and soaring trumpets.There’s a chance.
What’s your chance looking like right now?Drop it in the comments. I’d love to hear your story. — Mark Holman (Holworks Music)
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There’s a Chance
Black tie with me sitting on a sidewalk,
I’m still running around inside of my dreams.
Is that a ladder leading up to a cakewalk?
Or is it just one of my mind’s silly little schemes?
What are those forceps, tight and unyielding?
Is it trepidation I feel glinting on success?
I know there’s a chance I can do
something bigger than myself
I don’t know if there’s a chance
I can be unblinded and see.
It appears my potential is a Nova sun
Even when I do things right something will go wrong.
There is a metal lining forged in platinum.
That has been resting on my head for oh so very long.
Is there chance I can destroy the shielding?
How do I reach up and take it from where it rests?
There's a chance to book tomorrow
We can follow our dreams now
There's a chance to do whatever
There's a chance we follow our dreams now.
I know there’s a chance I can live
beyond the confines of myself.
I don’t know if there’s a chance
that I can be unfettered and free.
Black tie with me sitting on the sidewalk,
I’m still running around inside of my dreams.
Is that a ladder leading up to a cakewalk?
Or is it just one of my mind’s silly little schemes?
I know there’s a chance we can do
something bigger than ourselves
I know, there's a chance.
There's a chance
(music and fade)
Mark Holman – 2/25/2008
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