Verse
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m
In my life all the strife is getting in the way.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m
Frankly I did not plan on getting hurt today.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m B F#
From your chair in the clouds, benevolent are your ways. While the beggar bleeds,
C# G#m B F# C# G#m
the children play. Everyone wants to know why?
[Pre-Chorus]
E B F# D#m E
Isn't it always the question,"How do you know my condition?"
[Chorus]
B G#m F# D#m D#m7 B
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
B G#m F# E
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m
To be me. To be us.
[Verse 2]
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m
In the wake of this mess, decades and centuries past.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m
Who's to blame for this mess, and who's gonna take the rap.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m E
We're quick to judge and discard. B God who lets you choose, whom and what to love!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
B F# D#m E
Isn't it always the question,"Do you really know my position?"
[Chorus 2]
B G#m F# D#m D#m7 B
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
B G#m F# E
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m
To be me. To be us. To be one with the dust. To be lost.
[Musical interlude]
E B F# D#m E B F# D#m7
[Acappella] (oh x7) x2 You know what it's like, to thirst to bleed, oh you know what it's like.
[Chorus 3]
B G#m F# D#m D#m7 B
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
B G#m F# E
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like to...
B G#m F# D#m D#m7 B
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like to hurt.
B G#m F# E E E E
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like.
B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m B F# C# G#m B F# C#
To be me. To be us. To be lost. To be found.