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