[Verse 1]
Tessa in her hoodie
Same one every day
Pulls the strings down tight
Keeps the world away
Lines up every pencil
Straight across her desk
Counts her steps from door to door
Just to feel her best
[Chorus]
Oh Tessa in her hoodie
Let it stay
You’re not goin’ anywhere
And that’s okay
Got a pocket full of beetles and broken crayons
You’re the masterpiece the world keeps starin’ at wrong
Oh Tessa in her hoodie
Sing your name
You’re perfect in your own off-center frame
[Verse 2]
She’s sketchin’ tiny beetles
In the margins of her notes
Blue ink wings and crooked legs
On ripped-up sticky quotes
Her brother calls her “weirdo”
Says she smells like dirt
He laughs and says she’s just a fart
She just smirks and shrugs the hurt
[Chorus]
Oh Tessa in her hoodie
Let it stay
You’re not goin’ anywhere
And that’s okay
Got a pocket full of beetles and broken crayons
You’re the masterpiece the world keeps starin’ at wrong
Oh Tessa in her hoodie
Sing your name
You’re perfect in your own off-center frame
[Bridge]
One day he’ll see her gallery
Bugs in colors he can’t say
All the little lines she counted
Guided her this way (oh yeah)
He’ll stand there in the doorway
Chokin’ on his pride
When her name is on the wall
Ten feet high and wide
[Chorus]
Oh Tessa in her hoodie
Let it stay
You’re not goin’ anywhere
And that’s okay
Got a pocket full of beetles and broken crayons
You’re the masterpiece the world keeps starin’ at wrong
Oh Tessa in her hoodie
Sing your name (sing your name)
You’re perfect in your own off-center frame