The winning song of the tenth (2013) series of The X Factor (UK), chosen by 36-year-old Leicestershire prison officer Sam Bailey. A cover of the Demi Lovato song, it became the first X Factor-winning single in three years to claim the UK Christmas number one.
Skies are crying
I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hands
Only silence has its endings
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to make me feel like
There's nothing left of me
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
As the smoke clears I awaken
And untanggle you from me
Would it make you feel better
To watch me while I bleed
All my windows still are broken
But I am standing on my feet
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Go run, run, run
I'm gonna stay right here
Watch you disappear, yeah
Go run, run, run
Yeah it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Skyscraper was written by Kerli & Lindy Robbins & Toby Gad.