Hold Still

In the dark
You're the perfect person you pretend you are
Like all the debts are paid
Like what was said didn't take

So hold still
Don't make that face
Can't stand how it makes me feel
I must put it to canvas

Some smoking billowing mass
Pouring out your head
Burrowed out your mouth
Into mine, it tastes like lead

Turn a little
Hold that shape
Saturate it
Anyway you want it

So defensive
I paint you this way
A representation
Of you wearing the weight

In the dark
You're the perfect lover you pretend you are
Secret adulterer of your dreams
But what's underneath is placed at feet

So hold still
The hateful look you get
In your puppy mill eyes
As our hands graze and pit

The smell of mold
Sits in the brush
Black paint on our tongues
Tangled in lust in a mutual poison

Turn a little
Hold that shape
Saturated
Anyway you want it

So defensive
I'll paint you this way
A representation
Of you wearing the weight

Turn a little
Hold that shape
Saturate it
Anyway you want it

So defensive
I paint you this way
A representation
Of you wearing the weight

Turn a little
Hold that shape
Saturate it
Anyway you want it, you want it

So defensive
I'll paint you this way
A representation
Of you wearing the weight

So hold still
So hold still
So hold still
So hold still
So hold still
So hold still
So hold still
So hold still