Adding the Blue

Everybody's asking where did you go?
 This was gonna be my masterpiece
 The paint's not even dry yet, oh no
 I could trace the outline of a shadow
 I need blood and breath
 To mix my colours
 Where did you go
 After you promised me a portrait
 Took off your clothes, held a pose
 Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
 And fingers and your lips
 Broken nose
 On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
 Please don't move, whatever you do
 While I'm adding the blue
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 I know I'm not Monet or Van Gogh
 I can't draw like S. Clay Wilson
 You got inside this brush
 That drips with red
 I can't draw from memories or photos
 I need blood and breath
 But you left me nothing
 Where did you go
 After you promised me a portrait
 Took off your clothes, held a pose
 Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
 And fingers and your lips
 Broken nose
 On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
 Please don't move, whatever you do
 While I'm adding the blue
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 Closed this chapter yesterday
 Take this page and throw it away
 Fill the holes in, sand the wall
 You were never here at all
 The warmth where someone never stood
 Promises were never good
 The smell of human sweat and tears
 A passing thought, the passing year, baby
 Where did you go
 After you promised me a portrait
 Took off your clothes, held a pose
 Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
 And fingers and your lips
 Broken nose
 On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
 Please don't move, whatever you do
 ♪
 While I'm adding the blue