Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
D D/F♯
Where did we come from? Why are we here?
G D/F♯ F♯m
Where do we go when we die?
Bm D/A
What lies beyond? What lay before?
E Asus4 A
Is anything certain in life?
D D/F♯
They say life is too short the here and the now,
G D/F♯ F♯m
and you're only given one shot.
Bm D/A
But could there be more? Have I lived before?
E Asus4 A
Or could this be all that we’ve got?
G A
If I die tomorrow,
D F♯m Bm
I'd be alright because I believe
D/A G
That after we're gone,
Em D D/F♯ G Em D D/F♯ G Asus4 A
The spirit carries on.
D D/F♯
I used to be frightened of dying.
G D/F♯ F♯m
I used to think death was the end.
Bm D/A
But that was before, I'm not scared anymore.
E Asus4 A
I know that my soul will transcend.
D D/F♯
I may never find all the answers,
G D/F♯ F♯m
I may never understand why.
Bm D/A
I may never prove what I know to be true,
E Asus4 A
but I know that I still have to try.
G A
If I died tomorrow
D F♯m Bm
I'd be alright because I believe
D/A G
That after we're gone,
Em D D7
The spirit carries on.
Em D♯
Move on, be brave! Don’t weep at my grave!
D E
Because I am no longer here.
G Em
But please never let your memory of me disappear.
Bridge (1 bar per line):
Bm
Bb
D D/F♯
E
G A
Bm
Bb
D D/F♯
E
G A
D F♯m Bm D/A
G A
Bm
Bm
G Em
C A
D D/F♯
Safe in the light that surrounds me,
G D/F♯ F♯m
Free of the fear and the pain.
Bm D/A
The question in mind has helped me to find
E/G♯ Asus4 A
the meaning in my life again.
D D/F♯
Victoria's real! I finally feel
G D/F♯ F♯m
at peace with the girl in my dreams.
Bm D/A
And now that I’m here, it's perfectly clear
E/G♯ Asus4 A
I'll find out what all of this means.
G A
If I died tomorrow
D F♯m Bm
I'd be alright because I believe
D/A G
That after we're gone,
Em D
The spirit carries on.
Outro (3x):
D D/F♯
G Em
D D/F♯
G Asus4 A