Painting pictures of a thousand different paths We sketch an outline of a love that hopes to last Casting a wand over imaginary hopes And close our eyes so we don't fell the ebb and flow And paintbox you are my only hope of covering the faded past and starting out once more With a fortune in new colours new hopes to inspire I paint the path I want to take and paint a life of fire Marking out our lives full of different plans Excitedly we hold the key to change our hearts and hands We climb the hill to see if green fields lie beyond Only to realise they've faded now and gone And paintbox you are my only hope of covering the faded past and starting out once more With a fortune in new colours new hopes to inspire I paint the path I want to take and paint a life of fire Painting pictures of a thousand different paths We sketch an outline of a love that hopes to last Casting a wand over imaginary hopes And close our eyes so we don't fell the ebb and flow And paintbox you are my only hope of covering the faded past and starting out once more With a fortune in new colours new hopes to inspire I paint the path I want to take and paint a life of fire