Song Lyrics: Written by M. S. McKenzie, All Rights Reserved
"I'm a Painter Lost in Doubt"
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Canvas white like winter snow
Paralyzed, nowhere to go
Gallery walls demand my name
But I'm drowning in this empty frame
Brushes dry and colors wait
While I wrestle with my fate (with my fate...)
[Pre-Chorus]
Critics circling like flies
Deadlines burning through my eyes
Every stroke must tell a tale
As my confidence grows pale (grows pale...)
[Chorus]
I'm a painter lost in doubt
Trying to turn my inside out
Can anybody see me bleed?
Between the art and growing need
They want products, want to sell
But they can't buy what I won't tell (what I won't tell...)
[Verse 2]
Found my truth in shades of gray
Where the wild colors play
Every splash defies their rules
Finally breaking all their tools
Paint is dripping on the floor
As I crash through every door
[Bridge]
Dealer saw my latest work
Called it dark and called it hurt
Then they priced what I became
Through the madness of my flame (of my flame...)
[Chorus 2]
I was painting what they'd buy
Now I'm tearing through their lie
Finally, my canvas screams
Breaking free from borrowed dreams
No more markets, no more shows
Just the vision that I chose
(that I chose...)
[Break Down]
I'm still here
I'm still creating
I'm still burning
I'm still me...
[Final Chorus]
Watch me paint against their rules
Turn these chains to artist's tools
Finally becoming true
As I learn to break on through
No more hiding what I make
No more art for profit's sake
[Outro]
Canvas blank like morning light
Finally learning that my art is right...
