Bring It to Life

Verse 1 They handed me a paper Said, “Keep it nice and clean” Stay inside the edges Use the colors you can see But I had neon thunder And a sky that turned to green A purple sun, a dragon cloud A rocket submarine Pre-Chorus They said, “That’s not how it goes” I said, “Maybe nobody knows” Chorus I color outside Past every line Making my own kind of picture One mistake at a time I color outside Bright, weird, and wide If the page looks too normal I’ll bring it to life Verse 2 I drew stars on the sidewalk Put a moon inside my shoe Made a castle out of cardboard With a window painted blue They said, “That looks different” I said, “That’s kind of the point” Turned a quiet little corner Into somewhere with a voice Pre-Chorus They said, “That’s not how it goes” I said, “Maybe nobody knows” Chorus I color outside Past every line Making my own kind of picture One mistake at a time I color outside Bright, weird, and wide If the page looks too normal I’ll bring it to life Bridge Red on the ceiling Blue on the floor Yellow on the windows Green on the door Nothing has to stay The way it started out Grab another marker Let the whole thing shout Final Chorus I color outside Past every line Making my own kind of picture One mistake at a time I color outside Bright, weird, and wide If the page looks too normal I’ll bring it to life Outro I color outside I color outside If the world looks too normal I’ll bring it to life