[Verse 1] Don't know what I was looking for When I went home, I found me alone And sometimes, I need someone to say "You'll be alright, what's on your mind?" But the water's shallow here, and I am full of fear And empty-handed after two long years [Chorus] Another sunny day in California I'm sure back home they'd love to see it But they don't know that what you love is ripped away Before you get a chance to feel it [Verse 2] Back home, I always thought I wanted so much more Now I'm not too sure Cause sometimes I miss knowing someone's there for me And feeling free Free to stand beside the ocean in moonlight And light myself a smoke beneath the dark Atlantic sky [Chorus] [Verse 3] Everybody here is living life in fear of falling out of line Tearing lives apart and breaking lots of hearts just to pa** the time And the eyes get red in the back of your head, this place will make you blind Put it all behind me and I'll be just fine [Bridge] Another sunny day beneath this cloudless sky Sometimes I wish that it would rain here And wash away the west coast dreaming from my eyes There's nothing real for them to see here [Outro] Another starry night in California I'm sure back home they'd love to see it But they don't know that what you love is ripped away Before you get a chance Before you get a chance to feel it