Intro
D# G# x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 1]
D# G#
Something follows you back from the other side
D# G#
From the locked up basement at the house of blue light
D# G#
Close your eyes and you’ll fall right through the floor
G# D#
There are things in this world that are real
D# G#
As your life that you’re taught to ignore
[Bridge]
A#7
All the strength that waits at your side
A#7
On the wings that heave and they sigh
A#7 D# A#
Painted in the corner of your eye
[Pre-chorus]
D# Cm
Where once there were halls and gardens
D# Cm
Where captains’ wives would bathe
D# Cm A#
And tattoo the names of sailors lost to the waves
[Chorus]
Cm Gm Fm A# D# Gm
But nobody lives there anymore
G# Cm
In the castle in the clouds
Gm Fm A# D# Gm
Nobody lives there anymore
G# Cm
In the castle in the clouds
Cm Fm A#
They’ll leave you pounding on the door
[Instrumental]
D# G# x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 2]
D# G#
To pry open the heart that’s rusted shut
D# G#
Mend the lines of talk that have all been cut
D# G#
Makes a man wanna cry when he’s turned away
G# D#
You’re just a guest in this world––it’ll have
D# G#
You for a while but you don’t get to stay
[Bridge 2]
A#7
Just as you’re turning to go
A#7
From the cliffs that tower below
A#7 D# A#
Send you off and let you fall so slow
{Pre-chorus 2]
D# Cm
And all your memories leave you
D# Cm
Alone in the hands of thieves
D# Cm A#
And con men that carry you off in the smiling breeze
[Chorus 2]
Cm Gm Fm A# D# Gm
Up to the chambers in the spire of the
G# Cm
Castle in the clouds
Gm Fm G# D#
Up with the sweetness of desire
G# Cm
In the castle in the clouds
Gm Fm G# A#
And when you get too cold and tired
[Outro] (Tempo slows down)
D# Cm
Drift to sleep and
Fm A#
When you wake
D# Cm Fm A#
All the bad dreams have flown away
D# Cm Fm A#
Let the stars be your guide
D# Cm Fm A#
They’re passing over one at a time
D# Cm Fm A#
See them all open wide
D# Cm Fm A#
And when you look to see what’s inside
D# G#m
Oh no it’s true
D# G#m
I can’t believe
D# G#m
Oh no it’s you
D# G#m A#
Haven’t I seen you before?