Paint a Picture

from MARY CARL by Richard Laviolette

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Paint a picture of life as it is
To display my thoughts and point of view
The only part that anyone can see
Is some forgotten name
In the corner of who

Please consider when thinking of why we're here
Why we're so afraid
There's so much fear
Vivid ideas eroding away with time
Coloured off the page
Beyond the lines

You think life is tough well shit, get over it
It's nothing that we're not all going through
Chances are most people that I sing this for are much worse off than you
So don't take life for granted

Failed to notice an ocean of plastic fish
Filling up my mind, filling up my tub
I failed to notice another forest of nails
Building up my heart, materialistic love

I paint a picture of life as it is
To display my thoughts, and point of view
It's all in your mind so how do you know the truth?
Is this painting of your point of view

You think life is tough while shit, get over it
It's nothing that we're not all going through
Chances are most people that I sing this for are much worse off than you
So don't take life for granted

You think life is tough well shit, get over it
It's nothing that we're not all going through
Chances are most people that I sing this for are much worse off than you
So don't take life for granted

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from MARY CARL, track released January 1, 2005

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