Bathe me in colors black and white
Like moon and sky in dead of night
Silent as the darkness from which we flee
Blind as the torchlight we use to see

Drown me in colors blue and grey
Lost at sea, push the world away
Dead is the captain once at the helm
We lost all hope the day he fell

Give me the colors yellow and red
I see the sunrise up ahead
Gift me the courage I now need
Determined bodies together bleed

Find me the colors violet and green
Like the wilted flowers on which we lean
Follow the rivers away from the sea
We need less blue so come follow me

Drag me to colors orange and brown
Like a dying sun we are falling down
I see no blue nor any grey
Oh how I have awaited this day

Take my colors away from me
My masterpiece is finished, that I see
The paint has dried, the picture framed
And with this work my end is fame

Next bathe my body in black and white…