PARADISE FEARS

"Same Love"

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay

'Cause I could draw my uncle was and I kept my room straight

I told my mom tears rushing down my face

She's like “Sam you've loved girls since before pre-k ”

Yeah I guess she had a point didn't she

Bunch of stereotypes all in my head

I remember doing the math like “Yeah I'm good at little league”

A preconceived idea of what it all meant

For those that liked the same sex

Had the characteristics

The right wing conservatives think it's a decision

And you can be cured with some treatment and religion

Man made rewiring of a predisposition

Playing god aw nah here we go

America the brave still fears what we don't know

And god loves all his children is somehow forgotten

But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago

I don't know

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can't change

Even if I try

Even if I wanted to

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

Ask yourself what kind of person do you wanna be

And how many commandments are gonna rule how you think

And do we really mean it when we say he loves us all

And do we really believe it when they say that we're created equal

Well of course I do I'm not a racist or an asshole

Yet we can treat them less if their love is homosexual

Well rules are rules and the bible's pretty clear here

Yeah we know we get it but we don't live by procedure

We decide what's right by what's right not what's written

We evolve past our outdated norms and dispositions

We don't exclude people based on footnotes of exodus

Like my friend Haley who loves both of her dads

You want to tell her their love is different

You want to make that distinction

You want to tell her that this beautiful and limitless thing that we call love

Has rules and a proper way to do it

And that their love is less love because an old book don't approve it

I guess here's how I see it

You got a heart beat like mine

Probably get that same feeling when your fingers intertwine

Well mi love es su love Same heart Same love

About time we raise up same sex

Love is patient

Love is kind

Love is patient

Love is kind

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

Press play don't press pause

Progress march on

With the veil over our eyes

We turn our backs to the cause

Till the day that my uncles can be united by law

When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart

A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are

And a certificate on paper isn't gonna change it all

But it's a damn good place to start

So it's time that we stand without a doubt or concession

Rather than sitting here gridlocked in oppression

We all raise our voices til they're too loud to ignore

Singing songs of acceptance

Thank you Macklemore

And I can't change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can't change

Even if I try

Even if I wanted to

My love

My love

My love

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

She keeps me warm

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is patient

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is kind

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is patient

(I'm not crying on Sundays)

Love is kind

Love is patient

Love is kind