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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mike Einziger
Guitar
Dirk Lance
Bass
DJ Lyfe
Turntables
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brandon Boyd
Songwriter
José Pasillas II
Songwriter
Alex Katunich
Songwriter
Gavin Koppel
Songwriter
George Alex Katunich
Songwriter
Michael Einziger
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jim Wirt
Producer
Don C. Tyler
Editing Engineer
C. J. Eriksson
Engineer
Ulrich Wild
Engineer
Donat Kazarinoff
Additional Engineer
Terry Date
Mixing Engineer
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Imagine your brain as a canister filled with ink
Yeah, now think of your body as the pen where the ink resides
Fuse the two, kapow
What are you now? You're the human magic marker
Won't you please surprise my eyes?
It's in your nature, you can paint whatever picture
You like no matter what
Ted Koppel says on channel four tonight
So modify this third rock from the sun
By painting myriads of pictures with the colors of the one
[Verse 2]
I'm sick of painting black and white
My pen is dry, now I'm uptight
So sick of limiting myself
To fit your definition
I'm sick of painting black and white
My pen is dry, now I'm uptight
So sick of limiting myself
To fit your definition
[Verse 3]
Picture the scene, where whatever you thought
Would, in the blink of an eye, manifest and become illustrated
You'd be sure, man
That every line drawn reflected a life that you loved
Not an existence that you hated
So, must we demonstrate that we can't get it straight?
We painted a picture, now we're drowning in the paint
Figure out what the fucks it's about
Before the picture we painted chews us up and spits us out
[Verse 4]
I'm sick of painting black and white
My pen is dry, now I'm uptight
So sick of limiting myself
To fit your definition
I'm sick of painting black and white
My pen is dry, now I'm uptight
So sick of limiting myself
To fit your definition
[Verse 5]
Redefine
[Verse 6]
I'm sick of painting black and white
My pen is dry, now I'm uptight
So sick of limiting myself
To fit your definition
[Verse 7]
Must we demonstrate that we can't get it straight?
We painted a picture, now we're drowning in the paint
Let's figure out what the fuck it's about
Before the picture we painted chews us up and spits us out
Written by: Alex Katunich, Brandon Boyd, Gavin Koppel, José Pasillas, Michael Einziger