PICTURE

I was born into this world

Like an empty sheet of paper

And you tried to paint the perfect picture

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Of a perfect little life

In a place where there's no sorrow and pain

Where life's just fun and games

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There were birds up in the sky

There were flowers in the window 

And the stars would light up the night

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And you painted it so well

You used all the rainbows colours

Yet I was black and white

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And all I know

All I know is we all have problems

And we all feel pain

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And all I know

All I know my demons are hiding

Cause they're all in my brain

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But I'm breaking out

Breaking free

I'm stepping out of the shadow

So I can see

This lovely world

I'm living in

And I'll let go of the past

So I can live the life you painted for me

I wear this pretty mask

Of a smiling happy boy

Just to hide the world beneath it

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It's a world that has no sun

And the stars just keep on dying

And no dirt for flowers to grow

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And all I know

All I know this world isn't real

It's created by me

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And all I know

All I know my demons are chained up

And I have the key

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So I'm breaking out

Breaking free

I'm stepping out of the shadow

So I can see

This lovely world

I'm living in

And I'll let go of the past

So I can live the life you painted for me

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Mom and dad

I know you've been worried

But everything will be alright

Cause I'm breaking out

With a smile on my face

Out of that awful place

I'm breaking out

Breaking free

I'm stepping out of the shadow

So I can see

This beautiful world

I'm living in

And I'll let go of the past

So I can live the life you Painted for me

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©Birkir Blær