[Verse 1] You alphabetize your cereal by shape I name the pigeons waiting by the gate You wear one mitten, though the day is warm I keep a pocket full of ticket stubs and thorns They say, "Be normal," like it's something you can buy Like there's a correct way to misplace your mind But every crooked detail that you tried to hide Is a door you get to open from the inside [Pre-Chorus] So bring your bent ideas Your laugh at the wrong time The things you keep collecting That don't fit in a line [Chorus] Come as strange as you are Come too loud, come offbeat Bring the whole odd parade With your mismatched feet We were never made To be copies in a row Let your peculiar flag fly Let the good weird show [Verse 2] You talk to houseplants, give them little names I save the buttons from my coats like tiny brains You take the long way just to count the doors I make up secret histories for grocery-store floors No need to sand the corners from your grin No need to file your favorite edges in The room gets bigger every time we let One more unpolished piece of us in yet [Pre-Chorus] So bring your bent ideas Your laugh at the wrong time The things you keep collecting That don't fit in a line [Chorus] Come as strange as you are Come too loud, come offbeat Bring the whole odd parade With your mismatched feet We were never made To be copies in a row Let your peculiar flag fly Let the good weird show [Bridge] I spent years trying to pass for plain Pressed my wild little thoughts into a frame Then you showed up with a pocket-sized spoon And said, "I carry it in case the soup comes soon" And I laughed till the old shame let go There was room at the table; I finally know [Final Chorus] Come as strange as you are Come too loud, come offbeat Bring the whole odd parade With your mismatched feet We were never made To be copies in a row Let your peculiar flag fly Let the good weird show Come as strange as you are Let the bright cracks show We belong in the room We belong as we grow [Outro] Your crooked grin, my pocket of stones Nobody here has to fit the mold Come as strange as you are Come as strange as you are
