Ever since I was a kid

I've been a river, a drifter

You found me all alone

You sewed me up

With tethers of your love

We barreled through the fog

In a golden sedan

With your hand on my hand

Slept in your parent's bed

Free of the weight we had escaped

Greens, golden browns

Ruby reds I'm drowning in

Am I just

Am I just

Technicolor dreaming?

I learned everything I know

From watching movies

Why can't my life

Have a Hollywood ending?

I'm a fictional perfection

Can't you see me?

Youthfull thoughts of a life

That's deceived me

I learned everything I know

From watching movies

The projectors always

Made it look so easy

I'm a fictional perfection

Can't you see me?

Young and foolish

I was technicolor dreaming

Young and foolish

Was technicolor dreaming

I've danced this dance before

The pill bottle tops

That never stay locked

My bones are tired and old

They wither away

I'm sick of feeling this pain

Somewhere out there

Another life awaits

Am I technicolor dreaming?

I learned everything I know

From watching movies

Why can't my life

Have a Hollywood ending?

I'm a fictional perfection

Can't you see me?

Youthfull thoughts of a life

That's deceived me

I learned everything I know

From watching movies

The projectors always

Made it look so easy

I'm a fictional perfection

Can't you see me?

Young and foolish

I was technicolor dreaming

Everything I touch

It turns to gray

Maybe if I just

Burn it to the ground

Let the earth take me

Let the ash remake me

Maybe if I stop

All this make-believe

I can finally rest in peace

I learned everything I know

From watching movies

Why can't my life

Have a Hollywood ending?

I'm a fictional perfection

Can't you see me?

Youthfull thoughts that lied to me

I learned everything I know

From watching movies

The projectors always

Made it look so easy

I'm a fictional perfection

Can't you see me?

Young and foolish

I was technicolor dreaming