Outsider, outlier, on fire standing on the edge
Outcast in the village where the insiders hedge
They cash the free-money checks while the cleaver swings mean
Call the truth a disruption, paint the mirror as clean
[pre-chorus]
I never asked for silence when the moment turned loud
Just carried iron and flowers through the same old crowd
But the river keeps secrets where the phone still lies deep
And the bench I forged stands while the garden holes weep
[Chorus]
I’m the outlier, the outsider, singing what I see
They false pariah’d the blacksmith for refusing to kneel
Maverick in the margins, renegade in the fight
Telling stone-cold truth under small-town spotlight
Outlier… outsider… they can’t bury the light
[Verse 2]
Lone wolf on the iron bridge, wild card in the mill
Eccentric with the hammer, they branded me for ill
Black sheep in the cultural council’s velvet game
While the vampires sip grants and rewrite my name
They baited with a frog mask, laughed while flipping signs
Threw the only witness in the Deerfield’s cold spine
Then swore they were terrified, hands in pockets so pure
But the archive stays granite and the footage stays sure
I’m the outlier, the outsider, singing what I see
They false pariah’d the blacksmith for refusing to kneel
Maverick in the margins, renegade in the fight
Telling stone-cold truth under small-town spotlight
Outlier… outsider… they can’t bury the light
[Bridge – half-spoken, building]
Anomaly, aberration, odd one out in the square
Fish out of water breathing truth in the air
Heretic for the record, dissenter with the proof
They weaponized the silence, I weaponized the truth
No square peg fits their round hole when the iron runs hot
The trailblazer’s lonely till the whole damn town forgot…
Yeah, I’m the outlier, the outsider, voice that won’t fade
False pariah in the papers, but the river won’t trade
Iconoclast with the bellows, free spirit unchained
They can throw the phone deeper, but the story’s engrained
Outlier… outsider… still forging through the pain
Outlier… on fire… the truth cuts like flame
Outsider… outsider… false pariah
Outsider… outsider… false pariah
Outsider calling, outlier standing tall
False pariah falling, but the hammer never falls
on fire… outlier… false pariah
Outsider… on fire… false pariah
they’re all liars, they’re all liars, they’re all liars
They weaponized the silence, I weaponized the truth
They weaponized the silence, I weaponized the truth
They weaponized the silence, I weaponized the truth
all lyrics ©2026 John F Sendelbach
