[Verse 1] I drew a door where the wall should be A staircase ending above the sea Every straight line slipped from its place Still there was room for my crooked shape [Pre-Chorus] I kept the ruler against my skin Till all the careful edges gave in Now through the cracks, the high notes rise A different roof against the sky [Chorus] In the cathedral of misprinted plans The bent lines ring where the true ones can’t I am not built to be corrected I turn each flaw into a passage Let the strange angles carry me on A chord no perfect stone could have drawn [Verse 2] The east wall leans toward morning rain The west keeps time with a windowpane I hear tomorrow in the rafters bend A tune that starts where the blueprints end [Pre-Chorus] I won’t erase what brought me here I’ll make a doorway out of fear One step beyond the measured ground And there, a new note can be found [Chorus] In the cathedral of misprinted plans The bent lines ring where the true ones can’t I am not built to be corrected I turn each flaw into a passage Let the strange angles carry me on A chord no perfect stone could have drawn [Outro] Keep the crooked arch; let the daylight through The next room waits, and I’m walking to it
