[Verse]
Long nights when I write, there’s a cold wind through the room,
Came here to clear my mind, but it always leads to you.
It was mid June, now August rain falls hot,
And you still call me at midnight
Like we never stopped.
(ooh… ooh…)
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe we’re old souls out of time,
I want your love, but I want a life that’s mine.
(mine… mine…)
[Chorus]
So meet me at the Hotel Cecil
Underneath the harvest moon,
We’ll pray to Mother Earth
Like the lost lovers always do.
I’ll write my novel, cut my record
Before the summer disappears,
And if the stars still want us together
You’ll find me here.
(find me here…)
(ahh… ahh…)
[Verse 2]
Red wine on my notebook pages,
Your ghost inside my songs,
California made us reckless,
But leaving you feels wrong.
(wrong… wrong…)
[Bridge]
Love me soft, leave me slowly,
Like a dream before the dawn,
Some people burn forever,
Some just linger in a song.
(in a song…)
[Final Chorus]
Meet me at the Hotel Cecil
When the sky turns velvet blue,
If we’re really meant forever
I’ll come back to you.
(ooh… back to you…)
(harvest moon… fading blue…)