Paper Planets

[Verse 1]
You kept your paper planets in a shoebox by the stairs
Drew a map of nowhere with a purple marker there
They said, “Pick a lane, be normal, make your edges disappear”
But you wore that crooked jacket like you meant to keep it weird

[Pre-Chorus]
I see the part you hide away
I like it better when it stays

[Chorus]
Be strange, be bright, be beautifully out of line
Make room for every shape that doesn’t fit the design
If you bring your odd little wonder, I’ll bring mine
We’ll make a wider world by standing side by side

[Verse 2]
You talk to every houseplant, give the pigeons little names
I collect old buttons, sort them by their made-up games
We don’t need permission slips to be the way we are
There’s more than one direction to get where you are going

[Pre-Chorus]
I see the part you hide away
I like it better when it stays

[Chorus]
Be strange, be bright, be beautifully out of line
Make room for every shape that doesn’t fit the design
If you bring your odd little wonder, I’ll bring mine
We’ll make a wider world by standing side by side

[Bridge]
When they laugh, I’ll take your hand
When I freeze, you help me stand
No one has to shrink or choose
We can make a place for every kind of you

[Final Chorus]
Be strange, be bright, be beautifully out of line
Make room for every shape that doesn’t fit the design
If you bring your odd little wonder, I’ll bring mine
We’ll make a wider world by standing side by side

[Outro]
Keep your paper planets
I’ll keep my buttons, too
There’s room enough for me
And room enough for you