Name: California
Duration: P00H03M55S
Description: This song is superficially about a friend I was hoping would go to grad school in the same city in which I was then living. I think it's more general, though. Sort of a musical "I miss you more than I thought I would."

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This song is superficially about a friend I was hoping would go to grad school in the same city in which I was then living. I think it's more general, though. Sort of a musical "I miss you more than I thought I would."

lyrics

Think of the time that you've been gone
Think of the change that's going on
All the things you hide away
Think of the years before the sword
This is what I've been sliding toward
Somewhere else, somewhere
Deep underground
Deep underground
Deep under

Come on over to my side
When I'm back from California
I can't stay here forever
And I need you
If I thought that it mattered
I'd come back from California
I can't stay here without you

Smash in the glass that glares at you
Pick up the shards and cut right through
Oh the curtain is so thin
Six in the morning, I'm still up
I've had it all, it's not enough
So I'm left, somewhere
Deep underground
Deep underground
Deep under

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from Shiver, released June 1, 2005
Vocals, guitar - D.C. Simpson
Bass - Jim Clawson

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