How I wish I were a painter
I'd reinvent the use of black
How I'd paint all of your anger
and all the muscles of your back

All the dirt that got into you
And all the nails deep in my side
All undressed and on the floor
All by myself open wide

How I wish I were a painter
I'd paint your face in infrared
To light my way on this tightrope
Honey I'm a lousy acrobat

Seeing you so alarmingly happy
Can make me so incredibly sad
The things you say and the things I see
The contrast between wrong and bad

I'm not like you I'm not new
I'm just like you nothing's new

Seeing you so alarmingly happy
Can make me so incredibly sad
The things you say and the things I see
The contrast between wrong and bad