[Verse 1]
It's so hard to understand just where you're coming from
To try to see things from a different point of view
I'm trying not to pigeonhole, or simply write you off

[Pre-Chorus]
But it's so much simpler if the parody is true
Yeah it's so easy to believe it's really you

[Chorus]
But I refuse to buy into this tired narrative
That anyone who doesn't run with me's a fool
And I believe together we can build a better bridge
That spans the breadth and starts connecting me to you

[Verse 2]
I'm sick of toeing party lines across the great divide
I'm sick of human hearts reduced to reds or blues
Still often times my thoughts of you are cardboard cutout lies

[Pre-Chorus]
So much simpler if the parody is true
It's so easy to believe it's really you
It's so easy to believe it's really you

[Chorus]
And I refuse to buy into this tired narrative
That anyone who doesn't run with me is a fool
And I believe together we can build a better bridge
That spans the breadth and starts connecting me to you
[Bridge]
Why is it so hard to just remember
That you have a past, a face, a heart, a name?
Yeah, it's so hard to just remember that
We are less different than we are the same

But I have to try

[Chorus]
And I refuse to buy into this tired narrative
That anyone who doesn't run with me is a fool
And I believe together we can build a better bridge
That spans the breadth and starts connecting me to you
I refuse to buy into this tired narrative
That anyone who doesn't run with me is a fool
And I believe together we can build a better bridge
That spans the breadth and starts connecting me to you