Story Behind The Song

WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS LIKE ITS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN NOTHINGS RIGHT

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
The neighbor's cat is walking on the ceiling
The coffee in my mug is turning cold and blue
I'm catching a strange, electric feeling
That everything I know is folding into two
The shadow on the wall has lost its owner
It's dancing to a rhythm I can't quite translate
I checked the lock, I checked the corner
But the dial on the world is vibrating at a different rate.


(Chorus)
And it's out of the ordinary
Like a clock that ticks in colors, not in time
It's a temporary sanctuary
Where the reason doesn't have to match the rhyme
I'm stepping off the pavement into open air
Don't look for me in logic, I'm no longer there
It's out of the ordinary.


(Verse 2)
The radio is playing songs from next year
I recognize a melody that hasn't been composed
There's a static hum that whispers in my left ear
Of all the secret doors that gravity has closed
I saw a streetlamp bloom like a desert flower
Petals made of neon, roots deep in the dark
I'm losing track of every measured hour
Tracing constellations on a local neighborhood park.


(Chorus)
And it's out of the ordinary
Like a clock that ticks in colors, not in time
It's a temporary sanctuary
Where the reason doesn't have to match the rhyme
I'm stepping off the pavement into open air
Don't look for me in logic, I'm no longer there
It's out of the ordinary.


(Bridge)
Standard issue, mass-produced
Everything is safely loose
But I'm cutting every tether, every string
I'm listening to the way the silence starts to sing
It's not wrong, it's just not right
It's something else entirely in the middle of the night.



(Outro)
Gravity is optional
The sky is turning velvet gold
I'm rewriting the manuals
On how the story should be told
Out of the ordinary...
Just a little bit sideways...
Nothing here is ever coming back the same way.