The Blueprints of a Boy

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cold iron on my skin
The golden hour’s settling in
Tucked beneath the dusty frame
I found a boy without a name
Just a book of folded lines
And better days and simpler times
[Pre-Chorus]
The paper’s thin and turning gray
But the colors haven’t gone away
I’m tracing every crooked sun
Before the day is finally done
[Chorus]
Oh, it’s a beautiful mess
A little more and a little less
Of the man I thought I’d be
Looking back at a younger me
Just pencil lead and paper dreams
Stitched together at the seams
[Verse]
There’s a rocket in the sky
With a messy place to fly
And a house with purple smoke
Before the world became a joke
I drew a cape upon my back
To keep the shadows all on track
[Pre-Chorus]
Small hands holding onto light
Before I learned to fear the night
I’m finding pieces of the truth
In the sketches of my youth
[Chorus]
Oh, it’s a beautiful mess
A little more and a little less
Of the man I thought I’d be
Looking back at a younger me
Just pencil lead and paper dreams
Stitched together at the seams
[Bridge]
I forgot the way I used to see
The magic in a maple tree
But sitting here above the street
The memory feels bittersweet
I’m thankful for the messy parts
The blueprints of our heavy hearts
[Verse]
I turn another page
To a different kind of age
Where the grass was always blue
And everything I felt was true
I’m smiling at the messy ink
It’s closer than I like to think
[Chorus]
Oh, it’s a beautiful mess
A little more and a little less
Of the man I thought I’d be
Looking back at a younger me
Just pencil lead and paper dreams
Stitched together at the seams
[Post-Chorus]
Pencil lead and paper dreams
Stitched together at the seams
Just a boy I used to know
In the golden afterglow
[Outro]