The Whole Design

[Verse 1]
You say I laugh too loud at the wrong part
I say that laugh is how I know my heart
Gold flecks in my eyes, ink on my hand
I quit translating who I am

[Pre-Chorus]
Every odd note, every bright mistake
Turns into a color I can make

[Chorus]
I’m not a copy, I’m the whole design
Every strange little angle, every crooked—
[Chorus]
I stand in my own light, vivid and alive
All of these pieces fit because they’re mine

[Verse 2]
I talk in sparks, I think in leaps
I keep the promises my own skin keeps
You’ve got your weather, I’ve got mine
Different kinds of wild, both doing fine

[Pre-Chorus]
Let the old comparisons fall away
We get to be ourselves today

[Chorus]
I’m not a copy, I’m the whole design
Every odd little rhythm, every vivid sign
I stand in my own light, vivid and alive
All of these pieces fit because they’re mine

[Bridge]
No need to match, no need to blend
I like the way my colors bend
Your brilliant self beside my own
A thousand ways to be fully known

[Final Chorus]
I’m not a copy, I’m the whole design
Every odd little rhythm, every vivid sign
I stand in my own light, vivid and alive
All of these pieces fit because they’re mine

[Outro]
Because they’re mine
Because they’re mine