I will stand by you Now I can't carry the world on my shoulders This I know is true Know that I will stand by you I will never back down from a good fair fight I will find my way through the darkest night No, I'll never feel wrong for doing what's right

Memories I will never find All of the love we left behind Watching our flash backs intertwine I think our lives have just begun And I'll feel my world crumbling down Feel my life crumbling now Feel my soul crumbling away Falling away with you Making the

One day they will see it's long gone. Now that San Francisco's gone I guess I'll just pack it in Wanna wash away my sins In the presence of my friends You and I, we head back east To find a town where we can live Even in the half light We can see that

For you and you alone I'll lay my monsters down For you and you alone I'll find my way back home And I'll love you like the sun loves California And we'll watch the sun come up over California Calling California is there anybody home Hello California

And I should know I've given up all I can To leave a trace I'll find my own way back A lifeline to highs and lows To seeing the bright side We wait for the afterglow To cover the blind side All of the black and white

I don't mind Through the window into my life There's this vine trying to climb There's this wine trying to find It's way from the bottle into my mind There's a black hole pulling me in I slowly bend till I see the back of my own sins I stole my soul from