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 a penitant 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