[VERSE 1]   Staring down the boulevard,   Crescent heights the city lights the way,   To another wasted day   Shiny cars and shooting stars,   California dreaming in my ear,   I just wish that you were here      [BRIDGE]   I'm dealing with scars   Just trying to see who we are      [CHORUS]   Nobody said it would be easy   Fighting your way through another day   I think I know how you feel   Looking for something that matters   Keeping it together when it's all been shattered   We all want something real      [VERSE 2]   Summer's on a holiday   Pills to chase the blues away   Who knows just how far this story goes   So listen to the radio   Turn it up so you can sing along   Even though the notes are wrong      [BRIDGE]   I'm building up walls   And trying to break all the falls      [CHORUS]   Nobody said it would be easy   Fighting your way through another day   I think I know how you feel   Looking for something that matters   Keeping it together when it's all been shattered   We all want something real      [VERSE 3]   All your life you're wondering   We don't know what's happening   Somethings gotta give   Falling through the atmosphere   See the world in black and white   These pictures coming clear   How many times I wished that you were here       [CHORUS]   Nobody said it would be easy   Fighting your way through another day   I think I know how you feel   Looking for something that matters   Keeping it together when it's all been shattered   We all want something real