We traveled on the train and I embarrassed wistful folks You told me they were poisonous, but poison grows in all of us The passage of the angels towards a sacred heart The sketch upon a canvas from a painter in the dark It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious ♪ He said he'd paint our future, his pricing was unclear He just needed a moment for the visions to appear Yellow was the color, the element of value It started off as nothing much, but in the end was glorious It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious It started off as nothing much But so do all the best of us ♪ It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious It started off as nothing much But in the end was glorious