A crooked chimney standing in the middle of a field
Once surrounded by the walls of work
By laughter and by love
The sound of children playing
I love you, yeah youA crooked tree stands naked near the center of the field
Barely rooted in the browns and grays
Of earth that once was green
A place long since forgotten
In a world of yesterday
Except by me, yeah meAnd Oh, whose plan was this anyway
And I never thought "He" would want it to be that wayIt once was beautiful, right here
It still is beautiful, in here
You once were beautiful, I hear
I hear it can be beautiful
Just rememberA twisted little image in your perfect little world
Of the chapter where it'd all begun
About a song already sung
Burnt around the edges
Nearly faded, nearly gone
Even you, yeah youA shiny building standing in the center of today
Where indifferent people go to work
Go about their pay
Knowing they've forgotten
In a most convenient way
Yesterday, awayAnd Oh, whose plan was this anyway
And I never thought "He" would want it to be that wayIt once was beautiful, right here
It still is beautiful, in here
You once were beautiful, I hear
I hear it can be beautiful
Just rememberAnd Oh, whose plan was this anyway
And I never thought "He" would want it to be that wayIt once was beautiful, right here
It still is beautiful, in here
You once were beautiful, I hear
I hear it can be beautiful
Just rememberIt once was beautiful, right here
It still is beautiful, in here
You once were beautiful, I hear
I hear it can be beautiful
Just remember
Songwriters
BLOCK, KEN / BERES, JEFF / COPELAND, ANDREW / NEWELL, RYAN CARTER / TROJANOWSKI, MARK E.Published by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group