Stay Strange, Stay Kind

[Verse 1]
You fold your map the other way
And take the path behind the wall
You ask the question no one asks
Then grin when every answer stalls
Your paper crown, your sideways shoes
The names you give the clouds at noon
You make a room for odd-shaped thoughts
And suddenly there’s room for two

[Chorus]
Stay strange, stay bright, stay beautifully you
There’s more than one way a thing can be true
If your idea takes the long way around
I’ll walk beside you; we’ll turn it upside down
Stay strange, stay kind, let the curious through
The world gets wider when we make room

[Verse 2]
You save the buttons from old coats
And build a city on the sill
I bring my half-formed paper boats
You show me how to bend the hill
No need to smooth the jagged parts
Or hide the colors we invent
A little courage passed between us
Can change the shape of what comes next

[Chorus]
Stay strange, stay bright, stay beautifully you
There’s more than one way a thing can be true
If your idea takes the long way around
I’ll walk beside you; we’ll turn it upside down
Stay strange, stay kind, let the curious through
The world gets wider when we make room

[Outro]
So bring your crooked little compass
I’ll bring my unfinished view
We’ll make a path that fits us both
And leave the gate unlatched for you