Leaving Ojai

Up past the lights and the crush of the cars, I was falling over all the luminous stars
Was unaware of and didn't care where I was, I was only somewhere because
I didn't realize I was lost, I don't know how it is I got found
But something dead came alive on the night I arrived
And I'll leave high if I ever leave Ojai

Now all the weight that I'm letting go of is so inconsequential from my view up above
And all the games that I tried to pretend were only means to one kind of end
Expectation is a heartbreak, at best
Revelation is a pill to digest
But the real, deep inside me has finally arrived
And I'll leave high if I ever leave Ojai

I'm trying to be, not trying to conceive who I am
I'm only a man, just one big kid of a man, one lucky man
Who didn't realize he was lost and don't know how it is he got found
But give me one last breath in that pink sunset over Ojai
And I'll leave high if I ever leave Ojai
If I leave Ojai