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

Dark pop ballad—pulsing synths, tight vocals, dramatic edge.