Verse
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m
In my life all the strife is getting in the way.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m
Frankly I did not plan on getting hurt today.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m C# G#
From your chair in the clouds, benevolent are your ways. While the beggar bleeds,
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the children play. Everyone wants to know why?
[Pre-Chorus]
F# C# G# Fm F#
Isn't it always the question,"How do you know my condition?"
[Chorus]
C# A#m G# Fm Fm7 C#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
C# A#m G# F#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m
To be me. To be us.
[Verse 2]
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m
In the wake of this mess, decades and centuries past.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m
Who's to blame for this mess, and who's gonna take the rap.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m F#
We're quick to judge and discard. C# God who lets you choose, whom and what to love!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C# G# Fm F#
Isn't it always the question,"Do you really know my position?"
[Chorus 2]
C# A#m G# Fm Fm7 C#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
C# A#m G# F#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m
To be me. To be us. To be one with the dust. To be lost.
[Musical interlude]
F# C# G# Fm F# C# G# Fm7
[Acappella] (oh x7) x2 You know what it's like, to thirst to bleed, oh you know what it's like.
[Chorus 3]
C# A#m G# Fm Fm7 C#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
C# A#m G# F#
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like to...
C# A#m G# Fm Fm7 C#
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like to hurt.
C# A#m G# F# F# F# F#
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like.
C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m C# G# D# A#m C# G# D#
To be me. To be us. To be lost. To be found.