[Intro]
G# D# Cm A# 2x
[Verse]
G# D# Cm A#
I was left to my own devices
G# D# Cm A#
Many days fell away with nothing to show
[Pre-chorus]
G# D#
And the walls kept tumbling down
Cm A#
In the city that we loved
G# D#
Great clouds roll over the hills
Cm A#
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
G#
And if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
You've been here before?
G# Cm A#
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
G# Cm A#
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Verse]
G# D# Cm A#
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
G# D# Cm A#
In your pose as the dust settles around us
[Pre-chorus]
G# D#
And the walls kept tumbling down
Cm A#
In the city that we loved
G# D#
Great clouds roll over the hills
Cm A#
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
G#
And if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
You've been here before?
G# D# A#
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
G# D# A#
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Interlude]
G# D# Cm A#
[Bridge]
G# D#
Oh where do we begin?
Cm A#
The rubble or our sins?
G# D#
Oh where do we begin?
Cm A#
The rubble or our sins?
[Pre-chorus]
G# D#
And the walls kept tumbling down
Cm A#
In the city that we loved
G# D#
Great clouds roll over the hills
Cm A#
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
G#
And if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
You've been here before?
G# Cm A#
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
G# Cm A#
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
[Outro]
G# D# Cm A# 2x
[Intro]
G# D# Cm A# 2x
[Verse]
G# D# Cm A#
I was left to my own devices
G# D# Many days fell away
Cm A#
with nothing to show
[Pre-chorus]
G# D#
And the walls kept tumbling down
Cm A#
In the city that we loved
G# D#
Great clouds roll over the hills
Cm A#
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
G#
And if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
You've been here before?
G# How am I gonna be an
Cm A#
optimist about this?
G# How am I gonna be an
Cm A#
optimist about this?
[Verse]
G# D# We were caught up and
Cm A#
lost in all of our vices
G# D# In your pose as the
Cm A#
dust settles around us
[Pre-chorus]
G# D#
And the walls kept tumbling down
Cm A#
In the city that we loved
G# D#
Great clouds roll over the hills
Cm A#
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
G#
And if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
You've been here before?
G# How am I gonna be an
D# A#
optimist about this?
G# How am I gonna be an
D# A#
optimist about this?
[Interlude]
G# D# Cm A#
[Bridge]
G# D#
Oh where do we begin?
Cm A#
The rubble or our sins?
G# D#
Oh where do we begin?
Cm A#
The rubble or our sins?
[Pre-chorus]
G# D#
And the walls kept tumbling down
Cm A#
In the city that we loved
G# D#
Great clouds roll over the hills
Cm A#
Bringing darkness from above
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
G#
And if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
You've been here before?
G# How am I gonna be an
Cm A#
optimist about this?
G# How am I gonna be an
Cm A#
optimist about this?
[Chorus]
G#
But if you close your eyes,
D#
Does it almost feel like
Cm A#
Nothing changed at all?
[Outro]
G# D# Cm A# 2x