Sheets of empty canvas,

Untouched sheets of clay,

Were laid spread out before me,

As her body once did,

All five horizons,

Revolved around her soul,

As the Earth to the Sun,

Now the air I tasted and breathed,

Has taken a turn.

 

Woohoo, and all I taught her was, everything,

Woohoo, I know she gave me all, that she was,

And now my bitter hands,

Shake beneath the clouds,

Of what was everything,

Oh, the pictures have,

All been washed in black,

And tattooed everything.

 

I take a walk outside,

I'm surrounded by,

Some kids at play,

I can feel their laughter,

So why do I say,

and twisted thoughts that spin,

'Round my head,

I'm spinning,

Ohhh, I'm spinning,

How quick the Sun can, drop away,

And now my bitter hands,

Cradle broken glass,

Of what was everything,

Oh, the pictures have,

All been washed in black,

Tattooed everything,

All the love gone bad,

Turned my world to black,

Tattooed all I see,

All that I am,

All I'll be, yeah. Uh huh, uh huh, ooh,

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life.

I know you'll be a star,

In somebody else's sky,

But why, why, why can't it be,

Ah, can't it be mine

 

 

 

Alone...listless...breakfast table in an otherwise empty room

Young girl...violence...center of her own attention

The, mother reads aloud, child, tries to understand it

Tries to make her proud

 

The shades go down, it's in her head

Painted room...can't deny there's something wrong...

 

Don't call me daughter, not fit to

The picture kept will remind me

Don't call me daughter, not fit to be

The picture kept will remind me

Don't call me...

 

She holds the hand that holds her down

She will...rise above...ooh...oh...

 

Don't call me daughter, not fit to

The picture kept will remind me

Don't call me daughter, not fit to be

The picture kept will remind me

Don't call me...

 

The shades go down

The shades go down

The shades go, go, go...

 

Father I see the world, feel the chill

Which way to go, windowsill

I see the world's on a rocking horse of time

I see the birds in the rain

 

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now

I am myself, like you somehow

I'll ride the wave where it takes me

I'll hold the pain...Release me...

 

Oh, dear dad, can you see me now

I am myself, like you somehow

I'll wait up in the dark for you to speak to me

I'll open up...Release me...

Release me

Release me

Release me