OUT OF LINE

[Intro]

I never learned to walk in straight lines
Never cared to color inside
Never had much use for the blueprint
If the blueprint said how to live my life

I took the long road
I took the strange route
Turned left when everyone said right

And if that makes me difficult
Then difficult fits me just fine

[Pre-Chorus]

I’m not here to match the pattern
I’m not here to disappear

If I’m too much for the room
Then I’ll make the room bigger from here

[Chorus]

I’m out of line
And I like it that way

I’m out of step
But I’m moving anyway

Raise your hands
If you never fit the mold

Raise your voice
If you’d rather make your own

We don’t need permission
We don’t need a sign

We were never born
To fall in line

[Post-Chorus]

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Out of line!

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

And doing just fine!

[Verse 2]

I’ve been called too loud
Too weird
Too restless

Too many ideas
Too little restraint

I’ve been told to pick a lane
So many times
I started building highways instead

I don’t want the safest answer
I don’t want the standard plan

I’d rather fail as who I am
Than win as someone else’s man

[Pre-Chorus]

I’m not here to match the pattern
I’m not shrinking down tonight

If the world says
“Choose the usual”

I’m choosing something else on sight

[Chorus]

I’m out of line
And I like it that way

I’m out of step
But I’m moving anyway

Raise your hands
If you never fit the mold

Raise your voice
If you’d rather make your own

We don’t need permission
We don’t need a sign

We were never born
To fall in line

[Breakdown]

Let them stare

Let them talk

Let them wonder
Why you walk

Like the road belongs to you

Let them laugh

Let them doubt

That just means
You found a route

They were too afraid to choose

[Build]

Different isn’t broken

Strange isn’t wrong

You don’t owe the world
A smaller version
Just to get along

[Final Chorus]

I’m out of line
And I like it that way

I’m out of step
But I’m moving anyway

Raise your hands
If you never fit the mold

Raise your voice
If you’d rather make your own

We don’t need permission
We don’t need a sign

We were never born
To fall in line

[Key Change]

No!

We don’t bend
Just to blend

We don’t quit
Just to fit

We don’t trade
What makes us strange

For a little bit of praise

If they say
“That’s not how it’s done”

Good

Then watch us do it anyway

[Final Chant]

Out of line!

Out of line!

Out of line!

And doing just fine!

Out of line!

Out of line!

Original by design!

[Outro]

I never learned to walk in straight lines

And I hope I never do