Well tonight the stars are screaming And I've long been learning how to let them go I got these old familiar feelings Looking back on how I got so low Sometimes life plays like a series of exams And you need someone to wash the bad blood off your hands Well you'll always be my favorite latchkey kid I'm sorry that I hurt you like I did There's something wrong, something missing Something I've seen inside my friends And lord, it's hard to find the vision Standing at the darkest of dead ends Won't you tell me how the story goes and goes When I'm too lost to tell my temples from my toes I've got too many pages left to turn To sit and wonder why that book won't burn So here I stand, right before you Waiting for my turn to tow the line Don't let me die in California While I'm dragging all these rivers in my mind Cause I've found a love that shines into my core And I don't feel the need to prove myself no more And when I look into the mirror, now I see A man I never knew that I could be