IMPRESSIONIST [Verse 1] A little paint, a little canvas Trying to get the morning right By the time I find the color There’s a difference in the light I put down what I remember Where the details slip away Till the sunrise on the canvas Looks like yesterday’s [Pre-Chorus] You can draw a perfect flower Every petal, every shade But the smell that fills the garden Never reaches through the page [Chorus] The world is more than canvas But that’s just what we see Perspective paints the picture But there’s more life underneath Expectation fills the spaces I can’t see all of it The world is so damn big All we can do Is be Impressionists [Verse 2] You were watching for the lightning I was listening for the rain You were counting down the seconds I was at that house again Where the windows shook all summer And we slept beside the screen You could tell me where the storm was I could tell you where I’d been [Pre-Chorus] We were looking out together But a different scene came through I was filling in the weather With a season you never knew [Chorus] The world is more than canvas But that’s just what we see Perspective paints the picture But there’s more life underneath Expectation fills the spaces I can’t see all of it The world is so damn big All we can do Is be Impressionists [Bridge] I thought I had seen everything Until I painted something new If I’m only catching fragments There’s still room to change the view So I’m choosing rose-colored glasses There is beauty here to find They don’t make the thorns less pointed But the blossoms catch my eye [Final Chorus] The world is more than canvas But that’s just what we see Perspective paints the picture But there’s more life underneath If we’re guessing at the colors And there’s more than meets the eye I’ll keep looking for the beauty That I might have hurried by The world is so damn big All we can do Is be Impressionists [Outro] A little paint, a little canvas Trying to show you life There’s still color on the palette There’s still morning left outside
