Lyrics to Theo’s SongPeel the city streets away, there’s a child wrapped inside
You can hear him singing when it rains, your footsteps can feel it when he cries
And if you give him just a moment of your time,
He’ll tell you what he knows about the earth and of life
He says that people love like Play-Doh, and God is his Speed Racer that can fly
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We shape hearts out of clay on Sunday afternoons,
He says will I see you next week? Will I see you soon?
And as I start to go about my week, it’s like falling back asleep
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I dream a city full of scars, stepped on just like they’re sidewalk cracks
Pain is a cage with solid bars, and we are peering through the cracks
Some can’t get out for guilt, some can’t get in for fear
Either way, we wake ourselves up in tears
Turn the pillow over and hope these grown-up nightmares disappear
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And my heart, it must be yellow ‘cause it stains so fast
You can still see all of the colors of my past
And how can you move on when you still see him in yourself?
How can you think of anything else?
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Peel the city streets away, there’s a child wrapped inside
People sleep their pain away, but he would rather seek than hide
He’s not afraid of asking how or why
Or the clay under his nails, or the rain in the sky
He says that people love like Play-Doh, and God is his Speed Racer that can fly
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He rolls it down my arm, he touches me with God
and says, these colors, they are changing much more than we thought
Forgive yourself your rainbow, it’s ok
It’s how we stay awake