you can pick me out bc i'm different from the rest
but you may notice i'm quiet so im not what you'd expect

imagine a pretty portait hanging on your wall
it's expensive
so i kno you'd protect it all costs
it would not be so pretty if it should fall
well that's where you got me wrong
because i've fallen at least 12 times but i got back up 10.
although that's less than what i like to pretend
bet you would never notice my life coming to an end

picture perfect
nobody thinks i'm worth it
live everyday to the fullest
how can i do that?
when everything you say shoots right thru me like a bullet
i'm useless
but y'all see me as independent

i know i put on quite a show
tell me , horror story? or fairytale?
just depends if all ends well
but i can't escape my fate
will someone tell me when it's too late?

i've been lost for so long
i've been in a song
it's on repeat
who put this on?

this songs loud
but i never sang
these lyrics came
because of my pain
so call me deranged
or what you must
but a pretty picture is what i am not
nonetheless

so tell me is this what you expected
what'd you learn in this lesson
to not judge a book by its cover
oops a painting by its artist
tell me what you discovered
you being the smartest
of this portrait
it's me
i'm tarnished
by the darkness
but regardless

i'm picture perfect
hanging on the wall
pick me out
am i the fairest of them all?
thought so
now put me back before i fall