The Art

You do your makeup in the other room while I'm still asleep
Green lights in the mirror, I wish I knew what it means
Falling over me like satin in the heat of the night
You don't have to say a word, I still know you're right

"Stop your crying, boy, it's all gonna be alright"
That's the way you spoke to me on that blue summer night
"We can live this way, our love from up on high"
I want your every word, and I want you to be mine

I won't let them trap you deep inside
I won't let them bury you alive
I won't let them smother you in their love
Only mine

I feel my heart leap up into my throat
Your skin on mine and my lungs collapse and choke
Night has fallen, you're the only thing I see
You could be the art in me
Through the glass and the steel come the beat of the drums
Under the spotlight, you said I was the only one
Your love haunts me, it's shaped like my broken wings
You could be the art in me

You could be the art in me
You could be the art in me

I draw the curtains in the morning so I can't see the light
Asphyxiated, I'm not breathing, get me out, alright
I whisper things and I can't hear myself unless I scream
I'm trapped and restless, moving fast towards you, no in-between

"Stop your lying, boy, or she slips away tonight"
I thought this to myself and I knew the time was right
"We could live this way, it's just within our reach"
Bricks and walls hold down my heart, let love out off the leash

I won't let them trap you deep inside
I won't let them bury you alive
I won't let them smother you in their love
Only mine

I feel my heart leap up into my throat
Your skin on mine and my lungs collapse and choke
Night has fallen, you're the only thing I see
You could be the art in me
Through the glass and the steel come the beat of the drums
Under the spotlight, you said I was the only one
Your love haunts me, it's shaped like my broken wings
You could be the art in me

You could be the art in me
You could be the art in me

So please get out of my head
It's getting kind of crazy in here and I think I'll wake up dead
If things keep going this way I'm going down

You're painting pictures of me
But I can't stand the weight of them
And I'm falling through the clouds
I don't know how I got right here right now