Intro
A# D# x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 1]
A# D#
Something follows you back from the other side
A# D#
From the locked up basement at the house of blue light
A# D#
Close your eyes and you’ll fall right through the floor
D# A#
There are things in this world that are real
A# D#
As your life that you’re taught to ignore
[Bridge]
F7
All the strength that waits at your side
F7
On the wings that heave and they sigh
F7 A# F
Painted in the corner of your eye
[Pre-chorus]
A# Gm
Where once there were halls and gardens
A# Gm
Where captains’ wives would bathe
A# Gm F
And tattoo the names of sailors lost to the waves
[Chorus]
Gm Dm Cm F A# Dm
But nobody lives there anymore
D# Gm
In the castle in the clouds
Dm Cm F A# Dm
Nobody lives there anymore
D# Gm
In the castle in the clouds
Gm Cm F
They’ll leave you pounding on the door
[Instrumental]
A# D# x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 2]
A# D#
To pry open the heart that’s rusted shut
A# D#
Mend the lines of talk that have all been cut
A# D#
Makes a man wanna cry when he’s turned away
D# A#
You’re just a guest in this world––it’ll have
A# D#
You for a while but you don’t get to stay
[Bridge 2]
F7
Just as you’re turning to go
F7
From the cliffs that tower below
F7 A# F
Send you off and let you fall so slow
{Pre-chorus 2]
A# Gm
And all your memories leave you
A# Gm
Alone in the hands of thieves
A# Gm F
And con men that carry you off in the smiling breeze
[Chorus 2]
Gm Dm Cm F A# Dm
Up to the chambers in the spire of the
D# Gm
Castle in the clouds
Dm Cm D# A#
Up with the sweetness of desire
D# Gm
In the castle in the clouds
Dm Cm D# F
And when you get too cold and tired
[Outro] (Tempo slows down)
A# Gm
Drift to sleep and
Cm F
When you wake
A# Gm Cm F
All the bad dreams have flown away
A# Gm Cm F
Let the stars be your guide
A# Gm Cm F
They’re passing over one at a time
A# Gm Cm F
See them all open wide
A# Gm Cm F
And when you look to see what’s inside
A# D#m
Oh no it’s true
A# D#m
I can’t believe
A# D#m
Oh no it’s you
A# D#m F
Haven’t I seen you before?