Outside the Lines Lyrics

They always told us to follow the marked path

The rules were clear, the limits marked in red

But I kept looking out the classroom window

Thinking what lay beyond the signs

The city seemed too small to hold my dreams

I wanted to run, scream, feel the wind in my hair

I wanted to dance under neon lights that never went out

To drive on endless roads, guided by the moon

Escape this world too square for my ideas

Outside the lines, that's where I wanted to be

Friday nights, we'd take your brother's old car

A crackling car radio, but the music was enough

We'd leave the adults' stares behind us

Looking for something they'd long forgotten

Every kilometer seemed to erase their expectations a little more

We became ourselves, at last, without mask or facade

I wanted to dance under neon lights that never went out

To ride on endless roads, guided by the moon

To escape this world too square for my ideas

Outside the lines, that's where I wanted to be

They told us we'd get lost, that one day we'd regret it

But they were the ones who seemed locked in

We just wanted to breathe, just wanted to live

Not forever, but for this moment, here and now

I wanted to dance under neon lights that never went out

To ride on endless roads, guided by the moon

To escape this world too square for my ideas

Outside the lines, that's where I wanted to be