One man climbs higher then one bites dust Through the dark hours in dark towers we trust forever The rays of light will energise my Born ability mind stability much creativity Thirty-nine steps twenty-two catch boxed in Tales of the city we are lost in Living in a haze I′m amazed by the ways in the days Of forever go non stop pressure The risking obelisks stands stable in the skyline You will find icon is symbol and symbol is sign Higher aspect Looking down over the horizon The cloud nine zero back down to the ground skyscraper You will never feel what it′s like to be Or how it seems to me It′s all man-made material Scribbled down by the architect Just parallel lines on the paper
Surrounded by walls that vary in size Still they cast an intimidating image in my eyes But ya concrete block will never rock my stone Inya zone I′m unbreakable able to resist Overthe stage in timea newer age And still I′m in a rage of dilemma Minds eye spray gamma hammer nail Again it presents itself What′s life like upon the top shelf It really doesn′t matter if I′m any Lesser than your higher status See the press haven′t you heard the latest The greatest thing about being ′I′ is me And what I really can be I never run you never ran me I stand my ground found solid stance Never take a step back move forward Remember this skyscraper ya building blocks Will trickle down like sands of time So roll the dice then pay the price
Skyscrapers, please forgive me I didn’t mean a word I said Skyscrapers, I was just tangled up in my own head And somehow in all the madness I thought that I was seeing straight It ain’t always pretty, but it seemed there was no other way And I guess, all I ever loved Was standing right before my eyes And I, oh I, I was blind So skyscrapers, please forgive me I’m standing here repentative, man Oh skyscrapers, I’ll never look down again, again Oh ‘cause I guess, all I ever loved Was standing right before my eyes Oh yeah I guess all I’ve ever known Was standing here all the time And I, yeah I, I was blind You were right here all the time You were right here all the time, I was blind
[Verse 1] Skies are crying, I am watching Catching teardrops in my hands Only silence as it’s ending Like we never had a chance Do you have to make me feel like There’s is nothing left of me
[Refrain] You can take everything I have You can break everything I am Like I’m made of glass Like I’m made of paper Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground Like a skyscraper (x2)
[Verse 2] As the smoke clears I awaken and untangle you from me Would it make you feel better To watch me while I bleed All my windows still are broken But I’m standing on my feet
[Refrain] You can take everything I have You can break everything I am Like I’m made of glass Like I’m made of paper And go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground Like a skyscraper (x2)
[Bridge] Go run run run I’m gonna stay right here Watch you disappear (yeah ohh) Go run run run Yeah it’s a long way down But I am closer to the clouds up here
[Refrain] You can take everything I have You can break everything I am Like I’m made of glass Like I’m made of paper (ohhhh) Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground Like a skyscraper (x5)