Dark pictures painted only red and black
Dark pictures painted only back to days when I saw light
Light behind the canvas shines, into my eyes the canvas shines,
Light behind the canvas shines in my eyes

Take your painting knife to canvas
Scrape the paint that’s dry and cracked, and chip
Away this layman’s art until you find a beating heart (x2)

Dark pictures painted only black and blue
Dark pictures painted only back to days when I saw you
Now what light will catch my eye
And through the dark your light shines
Light behind your canvas shines in my eyes
We know what’s right
We try
We fight
You know we’re dry inside