Be Strange Out Loud

[Verse 1] You sort your buttons by the sounds they make Name every pigeon at the bus-stop grate You wear your thoughts like mismatched socks And grin when somebody says, “That’s odd” [Pre-Chorus] I know the little laugh you hide The wild idea you edit twice Let it out, let it take its turn There’s more than one right way to burn [Chorus] Be strange out loud, be strange on purpose Your crooked little orbit still deserves its surface Sing the wrong note, draw the sideways sun The world gets wider when we’re weird as one Be strange out loud, don’t trade your colors Your kind of different might unlock another If you’ve been saving your odd for a safer day Bring it here; we’ll make it our way [Verse 2] You keep a list of clouds shaped like potatoes Tell serious people jokes about tomatoes I count the beats between your words And love the tune nobody else has heard [Pre-Chorus] That spark you tuck behind your teeth Could be the thing somebody needs Let it out, let it take its turn There’s more than one right way to burn [Chorus] Be strange out loud, be strange on purpose Your crooked little orbit still deserves its surface Sing the wrong note, draw the sideways sun The world gets wider when we’re weird as one Be strange out loud, don’t trade your colors Your kind of different might unlock another If you’ve been saving your odd for a safer day Bring it here; we’ll make it our way [Bridge] Show me your collection of ridiculous names Your private parade of unexplainable games I’ll bring my own and we’ll compare No one has to fit a standard there [Final Chorus] Be strange out loud, be strange on purpose Your wild little orbit has a place in this chorus Sing the wrong note, draw the sideways sun The world gets wider when we’re weird as one Be strange out loud, let your colors uncover Your kind of different gives courage to another If you’ve been saving your odd for a safer day Bring it here; we’ll make it our way [Outro] Bring your odd, bring your true There’s a little more world with you