[Verse 1]
I hate these lines they draw
Like kids with chalk on skin
We used to share the swing
No questions on who could win
I miss the way I knew
A laugh before a label
Before the world said "pick"
And made our hands feel fragile
[Pre-Chorus]
But I still see us clear
Little feet in the rain
No one asked what you were
No one made it strange
[Chorus]
Gold blood under skin
Same red, same grin
Gold blood under skin
Let me back in
Color and gender
Don't change a soul
Gold blood under skin
Make us whole
[Verse 2]
Now every door looks small
With rules carved in the frame
They teach us how to fear
Then call that by a name
But I remember grass
On knees and open skies
We never had to prove
The truth behind our eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
And if I close mine now
I can hear us run
Two hearts in the driveway
Under one sun
[Chorus]
Gold blood under skin
Same red, same grin
Gold blood under skin
Let me back in
Color and gender
Don't change a soul
Gold blood under skin
Make us whole
[Bridge]
Take me back to then
When kindness came first
When every single child
Was just a child at heart
If we learned that again
Maybe we'd begin
To see each face like home
Gold blood under skin
[Chorus]
Gold blood under skin
Same red, same grin
Gold blood under skin
Let me back in
Color and gender
Don't change a soul
Gold blood under skin
Make us whole