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 ohhh i i was blind so skyscrapers please forgive me i stand here a penitent man oh skyscrapers i ll i ll never look down again again oh cause i guess all i ever loved was standing right before my eyes oh i guess all i ever loved was standin was standin was standing here all the time and i yeah i oh i was blind yeah i was blind oh i was blind and i i i i was blind 