Chords with lyrics
♫ Verse 1:
BB
Even something as small as an apple
C majorC BB
It's simple and somehow complex
BB C majorC
Sweet and divine, the perfect design
BB BB BB
Can I speak to the architect?
♫ Verse 2:
BB
And there's a canyon that cuts through the desert
C majorC BB
Did it get there because of a flood?
BB C majorC
Was it devised? Or were you surprised
BB BB BB
When you saw how grand it was?
♫ Chorus:
C minorCm C majorC
Was it thought out at all or just paint on a wall?
BB BB
Is there anything that you regret?
BB C majorC
I don't understand, are there blueprints or plans?
C minorCm BB BB
Can I speak to the architect?
♫ Verse 3:
BB
Som times I look in the mirror
C majorC BB
And wish I could make a r quest
BB C majorC
Could I pray it away? shapeable clay?
BB BB BB
Or is this as good as it gets?
♫ Verse 4:
BB
One day, you're on top of the mountain
C majorC BB
So high that you'll never come down
BB C majorC
Then the wind at your back carries ember and ash
BB BB BB
That it burns your whole house to the ground
♫ Chorus:
C minorCm C majorC
Was it thought out at all or just paint on a wall?
BB BB
Is there anything that you regret?
BB C majorC
I don't understand, are there blueprints or plans?
C minorCm BB BB
Can I speak to the architect?
♫ Instrumental:
C minorCm BB G minorGm C majorC
C minorCm BB G minorGm C majorC
BB
♫ Verse 5:
BB
I thought that I was too broken
C majorC BB
And maybe too hard to love
BB B/G C majorC
I was in a weird place, then I saw the right face
BB BB BB
And the stars and the planets lined up
♫ Chorus:
C minorCm C majorC
Does it happen by chance? Is it all happenstance?
BB BB
Do have any say in this mess?
BB C majorC
Is it too late to make some more space?
C minorCm BB BB
Can I speak to the architect?
BB C majorC
This life that we make, is it random or fate?
C minorCm BB BB
Can I speak to the architect?
C minorCm BB BB
Is there an architect?