Strange To You

[Verse 1] I used to count the ways I could make you see me Talked like you Dressed like you Smiled even when it hurt to breathe But the room would shift When I walked in Like I brought something rotten in with me [Verse 2] Your eyes said everything That your mouth was too kind to say That I was off A little wrong A shadow painted in the wrong place And I laughed with you Like I believed the lie That I was part of it For a little while [Chorus] But I’ve always been A little strange to you Like something broken You weren’t sure what to do With your sideways glances And polite goodbyes I got good at leaving Before I was left behind [Instrumental Solo] [Verse 3] I’m tired of asking What I did Like it’s something I can fix I was born in this skin With this voice, this sin In my heart That says you don’t fit [Pre-Chorus] And maybe that’s the truth Maybe some of us Aren’t meant to be understood [Chorus] 'Cause I’ve always been A little strange to you The quiet one In the back of the room You laughed, then looked away Like I’d infected the air And I learned real fast Not to care [Instrumental Solo] [Bridge] But I do God, I do I want to be held Like someone worth knowing too I want to be More than your discomfort More than your fear More than the silence You leave me here [Chorus] Yeah, I’ve always been A little strange to you But I still reach out Even knowing what you’ll do 'Cause somewhere in me There’s still a spark That believes I wasn’t meant To be alone in the dark [Outro] I don’t know what I am If not what I lack But I keep hoping You might Look back