C              G
Clouds rumble, earth will shift
C             G
Walls tumble, hearts will skip
C
Things changing
G    D/F#      Em
Everywhere but here
C             G
Small window, tiny room
C                G
Sun hits in the afternoon
C              G          D/F#
For one minute fills this space
Em
Beautiful, illuminated

[Chorus]
C         D
When I am released
                  Am            G  D
And the gates fly open before me
C         D
When I am released
                 Am             G  D
Will you still be waiting for me?

[Verse 2]
C             G
Some look and all they find
C                  G
Are problems and alibis
C                D/F#          Em
But my cup is one sixteenth full

I'm getting there, but the getting's slow
C           D
When I am released
                 Am           G  D
And the gates fly open before me
C          D
When I am released
                  Am             G  D
Will you still be waiting for me?

[Outro]
C      G          D         C       G
When I walk outside I will see the sky
       C             G
I will leave all this behind
       D          C
When I walk outside
       G       D                C         G
Sun to warm my skin, friends to take me in
       D         C    G
When I walk outside

C          D
When I am released
                  Am            G  D
And the gates fly open before me
C          D
When I am released
                 Am              G
Will you still be waiting for me?