00:08In the golden haze of California light
00:16She stepped off the bus with stars in her eyes
00:23Seventeen and hungry for the dream they sell
00:29A face that could stop the world
00:36A heart still pure
00:58They dressed her in silver
01:00The whispered secrets
01:04Lights that kissed her skin
01:08Like lovers do
01:13Champagne smiles and cameras that never blinked
01:17She thought the city loved her back
01:20Every mirror said
01:23You're the one
01:27Every hand that touched her felt like destiny
01:30She danced through parties where the air was cold
01:34Never seeing the shadow just behind the goal
01:40They said stay young, stay perfect, stay mine
01:46And she believed
01:49Every beautiful love
01:53They called it living
01:58She called it love
02:00The night still held her
02:04Like a velvet glove
02:08They drank her light until the morning came
02:12And left the empty glass without a name
02:15They called it living
02:17They called it living
02:19The camera's still alive
02:22They want the flame
02:24They never want the salt
02:27She's the brightest star they ever stole
02:30But stars burn out when the night gets cold
02:35Oh
02:53The contracts came with silver tongues
02:57Just one more shoot, just one more night
03:00She learned to smile
03:03While something broke inside
03:07The highlights taste like honey
03:10Laced with knives
03:12Who only stayed when the flash was on
03:15Lovers who vanished
03:17When the checks ran dry
03:21She started seeing ghosts in every frame
03:25The ones who left out twice
03:27Seven score
03:28She was the girl who moved
03:30For the dream
03:32Now the dream is moving through her veins
03:35They never told her
03:37The price of the throne is paid
03:40In years you never get to own
03:42Look closer at the red carpet
03:45Glow at the perfect faces
03:47The world will never know
03:50The ones who smiled the brightest just before
03:56They disappeared into the afterglow
04:06They call it living
04:09They still need the show
04:13The lights still shine on what they want to own
04:19She gave them everything they asked her for
04:23And left her name on the dressing room floor
04:27They call it living
04:29The city ever sleeps
04:30Six days on beauty
04:32Until the beauty weeps
04:34She was a sacrifice
04:35The industry keeps a twenty-seven secret
04:42It will never speak
04:47In the golden hate
04:50Of California light
04:56Of California light
04:57Another girl steps off the bus tonight
05:08Oh
05:09Life
05:10Uh oh oh oh oh oh yeah
05:29Please check our part at the center of the booze
