[Verse 1] Street drugs are bad — that's all they said But here, take this, the doctor said Numb the kid, calm him down Just don't get yours from across town Just say no, but say yes to the script Pop the pill but don't take a hit Same chemicals, different door One's a crime, one's what insurance is for So I learned the lesson they didn't mean to teach The rule ain't the rule — it's just who's in reach [Chorus] Hey, hey — what they wouldn't say Made it loud, made it stay Shame don't kill the wanting, no It just teaches you to hide it down low Hey, hey — every closing door Makes the kid want it more Curiosity don't die, oh no It just learns where it can't go [Verse 2] Body's a temple, save it, stay pure Said the man at the pulpit, sounding so sure While the news kept running the same old tale Another youth pastor making the bail Stone the sinner, save the show Shame the kid so the church can grow And we sat in the pews and we learned the trade The rule ain't the rule — it's the show you made Don't get caught was the only law And the louder they preached, the more I saw [Chorus] Hey, hey — what they wouldn't say Made it loud, made it stay Shame don't kill the wanting, no It just teaches you to hide it down low Hey, hey — every closing door Makes the kid want it more Curiosity don't die, oh no It just learns where it can't go [Verse 3] Now there's a kid in front of me with the same eyes I had Asking the same questions, half hoping I'm not mad And I feel it rise up — the certainty, the show The ready-made answer I don't even know I almost preach it. I almost close the door. I almost run the play they ran before But I stop. And I sit. And I let it land That hiding it ain't wisdom — it's just what they planned And the kid in front of me ain't a sin to fix Just a human with a wanting, and that wanting ain't a trick [Bridge] What does the wanting feel like? Where does it sit? What's it asking for, underneath all of it? What do they want — have you actually asked? Is this care, or performance? Is it them, or the proof? What would honest look like with nobody around? What's the script you're reading? Who handed it down? [Final Chorus] Hey, hey — what does the wanting know? What's it asking, where's it want to go? What does honest feel like in your chest? What does care look like when nobody's around? Hey, hey — I won't hand you a rule I won't hand you what they handed to me Just the questions I wish someone had asked So you get to be the one who answers free [Outro] That's it. That's the whole thing. The questions were the gift I never got.
