I don't remember Life before she came into the picture Brought the beauty I was missin' with her Showed me colors I ain't ever seen "The Painter" is a tender love song where Cody Johnson sings about how his darling wife Brandi has brought color and joy into his life. He also thanks her for being the "painter" who has helped him to see the world in a new light.

Got every sunset that she's ever seen memorized Saves them away for a rainy day or stormy night Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins wrote "The Painter," but it feels like a page right out of Cody Johnson's own storybook. When the Texas singer-songwriter first heard the song it reminded him of Brandi. Speaking to Apple Music, he explained his wife "has this uncanny memory," like the woman at the center of the song's story. "The song is like, 'She's got every sunset that she's ever seen memorized,'" he said. "There's different types of men in the world, and I am very much just a 'man' man. I'm a little bit rough around the edges, and even worse, I'm a cowboy. She brings the color to what is, for a cowboy, just a black-and-white world most of the time."

With every wall I built, she saw a canvas I thank God every day for how He made her Johnson's favorite lyric in "The Painter" is "for every wall I built, she saw a canvas." "If there's anything that describes my marriage with my wife Brandi, it's that line," Johnson said. "And that's why we've been together for 15 years."