[Verse 1] This world is beautiful and torn A photograph that's faded at the crease Like someone turned the color down The day the garden lost its peace I think we're running low-resolution Thorns where there were none A render dimmed on purpose Till the better world is done [Chorus] These are the pixels of Eden A picture half the size A glimpse of something brighter Hiding just behind our eyes He didn't trash the canvas He turned the dial down But the resolution's coming When He hands me my new crown [Verse 2] So don't despise the aching It's the proof there's something more You don't grieve a thing as broken Unless you've seen what it was for The static and the sorrow Are a screen about to clear The Artist isn't finished And the upgrade's drawing near [Chorus] These are the pixels of Eden A picture half the size A glimpse of something brighter Hiding just behind our eyes He didn't trash the canvas He turned the dial down But the resolution's coming When He hands me my new crown [Bridge] Higher, higher, sharper, true Realer than the world I knew Not escaping into mist But waking where the colors kissed [Final Chorus] These are the pixels of Eden A picture half the size But the resolution's coming When I open up my eyes He didn't trash the canvas He only turned it down And the colors are returning When He hands me my new crown