Lyrics: Marvin Ebbecke
Music: Marvin Ebbecke
I packed a dream in a secondhand coat
Small-town stars in a sky of smoke
Every fit the mold felt paper-thin
So l learned to turn the doubt to violin
I sang to mirrors trains and midnight halls
Chasing echoes through the curtain calls
If they drew the lines I crossed them twice
Cause the heart sings better out of time
Turn up the hush let the city breathe
I've got a fire that you won't unsee
If difference is a weight then watch me fly
Breaking through the ceiling of the night
Light me up in the neon cathedral
Where the choir is the crowd and the truth is loud
If being different's ever been illegal
I'll plead guilty with my hands up now
Raise your voice we're the living steeple
Let the bells ring out our names somehow
Light me up in the neon cathedral
Where the heart learns how to bow
Oh oh say it shine your light
Oh oh sing it we're alive
Oh oh say it different by design
Tonight we turn the wrong to right
I wore the scars like a silver thread
Stitched my fear to the stage instead
I've been the phantom fool and faithful friend
Played the notes that no one could bend
Every no became a metronome
Tick tock I carved my home in tone
Now the footlights paint me gold and free
Come and lift this roof with me
Turn up the hush let the city breathe
I've got a fire that you won't unsee
If difference is a weight then watch me fly
Breaking through the ceiling of the night
Light me up in the neon cathedral
Where the choir is the crowd and the truth is loud
If being different's ever been illegal
I'll plead guilty with my hands up now
Raise your voice we're the living steeple
Let the bells ring out our names somehow
Light me up in the neon cathedral
Where the heart learns how to bow