Underpainting

(Verse 1)

Burnt sienna skies and a grid underneath

Mapped out all the places I don’t wanna be

You traced every line like it might make it right

But the shadows still whisper when you turn off the light

(Pre-Chorus)

You said, “It’s just a study, don’t read too deep”

But your brush keeps secrets you don’t get to keep

(Chorus)

And it’s all showing through

Every layer of you

All the things you tried not to say

In the colors you chose

In the cracks and the strokes

Yeah, it’s louder the more you erase

(Verse 2)

Hair falls in lines that don’t quite behave

Like thoughts you edit but never quite save

And that wing on the shoulder, too bright to ignore

Like hope you don’t trust but still reach for

(Pre-Chorus)

You soften the edges, pretend it’s control

But the truth’s in the parts that you couldn’t quite hold

(Chorus)

And it’s all showing through

Every version of you

All the doubt that you painted away

In the midtones you blurred

In the lines you deferred

Yeah, it’s louder the more you delay

(Bridge)

You could scrape it all back, start clean, start new

But you’d just paint the same kind of blue

Different face, same quiet plea—

“Is this good enough… or just me?”

(Final Chorus)

Yeah it’s all showing through

Even when you refuse

Every mark that you tried to disguise

You don’t get to pretend

This was just how it ends—

It’s a mirror you can’t minimize