Days gone by the west coast waves Crash up against the shore Of a beach I haven't been to or At least can't remember no more My love and constitutions They only get me so far It doesn't take but one look up to know How hard it is to reach the stars And I've felt my share of loneliness Still feel it now from time to time I try to get some rest These issues tend to fade with morning light But even if my darkness has Decided where it stays I suppose that I will close my eyes And try to find another way Is it love that keeps me planted here Or the fear that something new Won't come along if I leave either way I don't know what to do I've tried my best to figure out Those pieces that I lack Now I feel all that I've lost pulling me back Oh yes, I feel all that I've lost pulling me back Seashells on the east-coast Find them buried in the sand Of a beach I haven't been to But you said you hope one day I can All the inspirations you've Amounted in your life They find their way right back to me Through quotes and colours that you live by And is it through the regrets Or achievements in your life That you manifest the compass that Will try to steer me in the right Direction is a funny thing When tides and currents change It's a burden that I carry One you've carried all the same Just a number's number cycling through everything Finding what escaped you in those days And it isn't that I want to live the life you never did? It's just, for my sake, I will learn from your mistakes Oh yes, for my sake I will learn from your mistakes

I came up out of the water Raise my Hands up to the father Gave it all to him that day Felt a new wind kiss my face Walked away, Eyes wide open Could finally see where I was going Didn't matter where I been I'm not the same man I was then. I got off track, I made mistakes Back slid my way into that place where souls get lost Lines get crossed And the pain won't go away I hit my knees, Now here I stand There I was, now here I am Here I am Changed I got a lot of "hey I'm sorry" The things I've done man that was not me I wish I could take it all back I just want to tell em' that I got off track, I made mistakes Back slid my way into that place where souls get lost Lines get crossed And the pain won't go away I hit my knees, Now here I stand There I was, now here I am Here I am Changed I've changed for the better More Smiles, that's better I even started to forgive myself I hit my knee, I'm here I stand There I was, now here I am Here I am, Here I am, Here I am Changed Yes I am I'm changed for the better.

I'd be ridin' in a cab goin' downtown Findin' faces I know in a big crowd Tryin' to drink the pain away, mhmm And I'd be stayin' out all night, never goin' home Girl you know I'd lose all control If I lost you There would be a riot Breakin' up my heart, I'd try to fight it I could go out every night but I'd be lyin' If I said I could live and breathe Without you There'd be a lot of lonely Wishin' and prayin' that you would hold me I would do most anything baby If only you would come back to me Come back to me There would be a riot Oh yeah, oooh I'd be checkin' on my phone every minute Waitin' 'round for it to start ringin' And prayin' it would be you I don't know what I'd do There would be a riot Breakin' up my heart, I'd try to fight it I could go out every night but I'd be lyin' If I said I could live and breathe Without you There'd be a lot of lonely Wishin' and prayin' that you would hold me I would do most anything baby if only You would come back to me Come back to me There would be a riot If I ever lost you If I ever lost you There would be a riot Breakin' up my heart, I'd try to fight it I could go out every night but I'd be lyin' If I said I could live and breathe There'd be a lot of lonely Wishin' and prayin' that you would hold me I would do most anything baby if only You would come back to me Come back to me There would be a riot If I ever lost you There would be, there would be a riot Breakin' up my heart, I'd try to fight it There would be a riot If I ever lost you