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Painting (Masterpiece) Lyrics
The walls are boring me
Paint it like you always dreamed it'd be
Turquoise, neon green
Paint it like you always dreamed it'd be
Throw like Pollock
Fuck the apartment
Oh, paint it like you always dreamed it'd be
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
If you want it, you can have it
Every color that you see, see, see
If you want it, want it bad
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh
Masterpiece, masterpiece
Oh, yeah
A rainbow kitchen floor
You're laughing like you always dreamed you'd be
(Come on, let's paint the door, oh)
Handprints on the ceiling where our dreams will reach
So "John Mchale-esque"
Straight lines don't exist
When you're living like you always dreamed it'd be
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
And I don't know what you wish
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
If you want it, you can have it
Every color that you see, see, see
If you want it, want it bad
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh
Masterpiece, masterpiece
Oh, yeah
And many years from now
The landlord will kick us out
He'll cover all our sins
He'll paint it white again
And many years from now
The landlord will kick us out
He'll cover all our sins
He'll paint it white again
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
White, oh no, yeah, yeah
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
If you want it, you can have it
Every color that you see, see, see, yeah
If you want it, want it bad
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece
Masterpiece, masterpiece
Paint it like you always dreamed it'd be
Turquoise, neon green
Paint it like you always dreamed it'd be
Fuck the apartment
Oh, paint it like you always dreamed it'd be
Oh, ooh ooh
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
Every color that you see, see, see
If you want it, want it bad
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh
Masterpiece, masterpiece
Oh, yeah
You're laughing like you always dreamed you'd be
(Come on, let's paint the door, oh)
Handprints on the ceiling where our dreams will reach
Straight lines don't exist
When you're living like you always dreamed it'd be
Oh, ooh ooh
And I don't know what you wish
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
Every color that you see, see, see
If you want it, want it bad
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh
Masterpiece, masterpiece
Oh, yeah
The landlord will kick us out
He'll cover all our sins
He'll paint it white again
And many years from now
The landlord will kick us out
He'll cover all our sins
He'll paint it white again
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
White, oh no, yeah, yeah
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh ooh
Every color that you see, see, see, yeah
If you want it, want it bad
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece
Masterpiece, masterpiece
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You can take the song literally and imagine it as a new start in life; close up your old place and start a new. I think Lewis goes a little deeper and uses the analogy in the song as life itself. You can do whatever you want with your life, use all the colors you want to build you own living masterpiece, and at the end, the "landlord" paints the whole place fresh. Like your soul.