Verse
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
In my life all the strife is getting in the way.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
Frankly I did not plan on getting hurt today.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm G# D#
From your chair in the clouds, benevolent are your ways. While the beggar bleeds,
A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
the children play. Everyone wants to know why?
[Pre-Chorus]
C# G# D# Cm C#
Isn't it always the question,"How do you know my condition?"
[Chorus]
G# Fm D# Cm Cm7 G#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
G# Fm D# C#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
To be me. To be us.
[Verse 2]
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
In the wake of this mess, decades and centuries past.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
Who's to blame for this mess, and who's gonna take the rap.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm C#
We're quick to judge and discard. G# God who lets you choose, whom and what to love!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G# D# Cm C#
Isn't it always the question,"Do you really know my position?"
[Chorus 2]
G# Fm D# Cm Cm7 G#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
G# Fm D# C#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm
To be me. To be us. To be one with the dust. To be lost.
[Musical interlude]
C# G# D# Cm C# G# D# Cm7
[Acappella] (oh x7) x2 You know what it's like, to thirst to bleed, oh you know what it's like.
[Chorus 3]
G# Fm D# Cm Cm7 G#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
G# Fm D# C#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like to...
G# Fm D# Cm Cm7 G#
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like to hurt.
G# Fm D# C# C# C# C#
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like.
G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm G# D# A# Fm G# D# A#
To be me. To be us. To be lost. To be found.