If You Were Here

It's 4:30am and the lights on the streets are still on

It's still dark enough to need them

But I see the sunlight coming from the horizon

And I’m driving on towards the glow

All alone

Now the sky turned the colors that I haven't seen for a while

I had almost forgotten

It feels good to know that they still make me notice it's there

And I think that you'd notice too

If you were here to see this

If you were here to see for yourself

If you were here to see this

I’d have everything that this picture is missing

Now when I hit the coastline, I'm barely awake at the wheel

That I'd been gripping for hours

The site of the waves crashing down keeps me perfectly still

And I'm not surprised to find you where you wanted to be

With your eyes on the ocean

You tell me about the most beautiful sky that you've seen

And you say to me

If you were here to see this

If you were here to see for yourself

If you were here to see this

I’d have everything that this picture would need

Now 4:30am feels like years ago now that I'm here

But you'll watch me go on' we'll go on

And you'll be here to see this

Oh and you’ll be here to see for yourself

When you'll be here to see this

Then I'll have everything that this picture would need

I’d have everything that I'd need

Now the sun's going down and I find myself driving alone

Heading back towards the glow

'Cause if I chose to stay then this place would feel too much like home

And I'm sorry it took me so long to get to you

Now the sky's turning colors

But I know you're watching it too