Your father hated me, while your mother disapproved
They set all the rules
That you never listened to
Yeah, you never listened to
I was your escape
Your getaway
So send me off to Hell
I prefer the warm weather
Let my passion speak for itself
No, I wouldn't have it any other way
Jesus Christ, we were such great sinners
And I won't look back on the empty,
empty California, empty California winters
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
Cuz I feel so alive
Yes, I feel so alive where others would feel so dead
So you can help me up
You can crucify me
Good or bad at least I pushed the limits
At least you can say I lived it
At least you can say I lived it
I was never the one
To hold my breath
Never the one to bite my tongue
And after all the critics,
I'll be the bad guy
I'll take the burden for the person you've become
Jesus Christ, we were such great sinners
And I won't look back on the empty,
empty California, empty California winters
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
Cuz I feel so alive
Yes, I feel so alive where others would feel so dead
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to sin
Probably why I drink like a fish,
Trying to drown all my problems but they learn to swim
Still I rise above it
All this hate but somehow I love it
Shit, you can probably tell by the sound of it
Looking back now, man, I'm pretty proud of it
There's a hole in my chest where my heart once was
Now it's vacant I need a replacement
I'm surrounded by girls who are just as heartless
But, I'm numb to 'em all, see I've grown complacent
Really I just need a vacation
Working all these hours I'm sick of the grave shifts
Overnight drives on tour through the matrix
It's hard to stay real I'm surrounded by fake shit
And Jesus Christ, we were such great sinners
And I won't look back on the empty,
empty California, empty California winters
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
We sure know how to live
Cuz I feel so alive
Yes, I feel so alive, where others would feel so dead
So dead
So dead (I'll take the burden)
So dead (I'll wear the cross)
So dead
I'll take the burden, I'll wear the cross