[Verse 1]
It splits in two
Divide
Your purple mountain majesty
A leader pushed aside
It comes around
Surprise
You didn't see it coming
Now your leader’s out of line

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know
Where it all ends up
All this wasted time

[Chorus]
California
Only one who knows
How to burn without desire
Like wildfire
Wildfire, wildfire

[Verse 2]
The risk you take
The pain in loss
Coiled like a serpent hiding in between your thoughts
Coiled like a serpent in us all
Head to the wall
It's gone
Your system’s overridden, intuition takes the fall
You trust in intuition over all
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know
Where it all ends up
All this wasted time

[Chorus]
California
Only one who knows
How to burn without desire
Like wildfire
Wildfire, wildfire