[INTRO 8 — instrumental, melodic bass, clean chorus guitar] [VERSE 1 8 — low relaxed baritone] Come through the door Leave the old world behind You don’t need a reason You don’t need to hide Bring what you’ve carried Bring what remains No one here Wants you changed [CHORUS 8 — opens gently, same low vocal] Come as you are Come on in There’s always room For one more friend For the restless The different The ones they pushed away Welcome to the church For the strange [VERSE 2 8 — bass forward, restrained drums] We got no saints No perfect souls Just a room full of people The world couldn’t hold The quiet ones The loud ones The bruised and the scarred You don’t earn your place here Just be who you are [CHORUS 8] Come as you are Come on in There’s always room For one more friend For the restless The different The ones they pushed away Welcome to the church For the strange [BREAK 8 — bass, acoustic guitar, sparse electric answers] Some found the door Some found the sound Some took the long way Before coming around Pull up a chair There’s plenty of space Nobody’s counting How long it took to get here [VERSE 3 8 — intimate, nearly spoken] You’ve spent enough time Trying to fit Cutting off pieces That never quite fit The world had its chances To call you by name We kept a light on Come in from the rain [FINAL CHORUS 8 — wider, not louder] Come as you are Come on in There’s always room For one more friend For the restless The different The ones they pushed away Welcome to the church For the strange [OUTRO 8 — band gradually strips back] Stay true to you Stay strange Stay true to you Stay strange Come as you are Come on in Welcome to the church For the strange
