[Intro] At the edge of the classroom map I saw a country no one had drawn [Verse 1] I read the room by its crooked seams Found little doors in the in-between While every face wore the proper mask I kept asking what no one asked They called my angle a defect A bent compass, a wrong effect But from the place they left me standing I saw the whole design was failing [Pre-Chorus] It hurts to watch from the outside in To know the shape of the walls you’re in Still, every crack lets daylight through And I can change what I can see from here [Chorus] I’m strange enough to see the hinge And brave enough to make it turn I pay for every different view But there’s a world in what I learn You shut the door; I find the frame You call me lost; I name the road This lonely sight can split the stone And give the next one room to grow [Verse 2] At lunch I learned the language of forks And how to laugh when the whole room talks I kept a notebook under my sleeve Of things the rules forgot to believe A crooked answer, a tender doubt A better way to let someone out The ones who never fit the picture Can redraw the frame around the picture [Pre-Chorus] It hurts to watch from the outside in To know the shape of the walls you’re in Still, every crack lets daylight through And I can change what I can see from here [Chorus] I’m strange enough to see the hinge And brave enough to make it turn I pay for every different view But there’s a world in what I learn You shut the door; I find the frame You call me lost; I name the road This lonely sight can split the stone And give the next one room to grow [Bridge] Some nights the difference has teeth It takes my seat, it steals my sleep I watch the others cross the room As if they know what I should do But you, with your careful, unheard thought You’re not a mistake that needs to be taught Take the view that cost you so much And let it become the hand that lifts us [Final Chorus] I’m strange enough to see the hinge And strong enough to make it turn I paid for every different view Now watch the closed walls twist and learn You shut the door; we change the frame You call us lost; we name the road This lonely sight can split the stone And give the next ones room to grow [Outro] The world looked fixed from where they stood I saw it move—and knew it could
