City by the Sea

I'm still searchin' for some city by the sea

The one behind my eyes when I lay down to sleep

I've been chasing my dream across the night

The place I'll feel at peace, the only place that's mine

I've spent too many nights smelling like cigarettes and beer

And I'm longing for that place where the air would be clear

I wake up again with this chill in my bones

And it feels awful lonely, but it feels a lot like home

Been walking every coast line, just haven't found her yet

Wherever you are, dear, could you give me a sign

Could you write it in smoke, could you leave on the light

I can feel her there, soft and glimmering

Dancing on a wire, lights on swelling seas

Constellations guide where this broken coast will lead

But the waters have been rising, and she couldn't wait for me

Been walking every coast line, just haven't found her yet

Wherever you are, dear, could you give me a sign

Could you write it in smoke, could you leave on the light

Reachin' up like holy hands

Minarets from shifting sands

Calling me to come home

A beating heart of stone

Healer, make me whole

The only thing I've loved but never known

So wherever you are, dear, could you give me a sign

Could you write it in smoke, could you leave on the light

Wherever you are, dear, could you give me a sign

Could you write it in smoke, could you leave on the light

Could you leave on the light

I'm still searchin' for some city by the sea

The one behind my eyes when I lay down to sleep