"Midnight In California" lyrics

It's midnight in California
And another day begins
Yesterday is just that
And the stars high above the hills are shining
To guide you to the journey ahead

When I was a kid
Just knowing I made it to another day, big win
I think about other kids
Did they have the same problems
Same struggles, same dreams that I did?
Did they feel out of place or get laughed at for being different?
I mean, I was a kid who didn't have much of anything
But there's a kind of clarity that you get
When you're up alone at midnight too

Other people may have more than me
Or an easier path, or whatever
But right now, I got you beat
And I know I'm going to give more of myself to this day
Than anybody else would
Because I know what it feels like to have nothing
And so that's what I did, and I still do

You know
Everybody tells me my life is like a movie, but I don't know
Midnight looks a little different after losing your dad
It looks a little different after becoming a father, too
It looks different after an injury. A loss. A win
Midnight is always about changing to a new day
Do you really deserve all the good things that happen to?
And if so, do you also deserve the bad?