Breaking the Rules

They told you how it’s gotta be But old friend you never asked me You can paint inside the lines Obey all the traffic signs Blink twice if you want to break free They told you if you want to advance You’ve gotta put on your tap shoes and dance Put on a little show Sing to the back row Only then they just might give you a chance You don’t want to be stuck Spinning wheels in the muck With your armchair philosophers and fools You might just need a little practice breaking the rules You lay out all your bricks in a row Cause that’s the way you Always thought they should go But if you want to build a path Only part of that is math But it’s mostly intuition and flow If you wanna make something that’s lasting and strong Don’t worry about whether you’re doing it wrong They told you better stay in your lane But you’ve never been one to complain So you take it on the chin And you let the voices in Of those to whom your loss is their gain But those voices they’ll all fade to a drone When you learn how to follow your own From then on what you make When your heart is wide awake Will rise like the sun and stand alone Cause you don’t want to be stuck Spinning wheels in the muck With your armchair philosophers and fools You might just need a little practice breaking the rules You don’t want to be stuck Spinning wheels in the muck With your armchair philosophers and fools You might just need a little practice breaking the rules