I am a gifted artist
I've learned to paint this canvas well
I work until I've finished
An ideal image of myself
But you know better

I am a storyteller
Quite brilliant if I do say so
I tell them tales they want to hear
And they believe it's me they know
But you know better

You see my imperfections
Still you say I'm a masterpiece
A marvelous reflection
The image of Yourself in me
You paint with strokes of grace
Undoing my disguise
You say beauty lies in the true story

The world might think me foolish
If they could see beneath my mask
They might find my dreams laughable
Or be embarrassed by my past
But you know better

You see my imperfections
Still you say I'm a masterpiece
A marvelous reflection
The image of yourself in me
You paint with strokes of grace
Undoing my disguise
You say beauty lies in the true story

Of where I've been
And where you've brought me to
Of who I am
All because of you

 You see my imperfections
Still you say I'm a masterpiece
A marvelous reflection
The image of yourself in me
You paint with strokes of grace
Undoing my disguise
You say beauty lies in the true story