Verse
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm
In my life all the strife is getting in the way.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm
Frankly I did not plan on getting hurt today.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm A# F
From your chair in the clouds, benevolent are your ways. While the beggar bleeds,
C Gm A# F C Gm
the children play. Everyone wants to know why?
[Pre-Chorus]
D# A# F Dm D#
Isn't it always the question,"How do you know my condition?"
[Chorus]
A# Gm F Dm Dm7 A#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
A# Gm F D#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm
To be me. To be us.
[Verse 2]
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm
In the wake of this mess, decades and centuries past.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm
Who's to blame for this mess, and who's gonna take the rap.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm D#
We're quick to judge and discard. A# God who lets you choose, whom and what to love!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
A# F Dm D#
Isn't it always the question,"Do you really know my position?"
[Chorus 2]
A# Gm F Dm Dm7 A#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
A# Gm F D#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm A# F C Gm A# F C Gm
To be me. To be us. To be one with the dust. To be lost.
[Musical interlude]
D# A# F Dm D# A# F Dm7
[Acappella] (oh x7) x2 You know what it's like, to thirst to bleed, oh you know what it's like.
[Chorus 3]
A# Gm F Dm Dm7 A#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
A# Gm F D#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like to...
A# Gm F Dm Dm7 A#
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like to hurt.
A# Gm F D# D# D# D#
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like.
A# F C Gm A# F C Gm A# F C Gm A# F C
To be me. To be us. To be lost. To be found.