Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay

Were laid spread out before me as her body once did

All five horizons revolved around her soul

As the earth to the sun

Now the air I've tasted and breathed has taken a turn

Ooh, and all I taught her was everything

Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore

And now my bitter hands chake beneath the clouds

Of what was everything?

Ooh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside

I'm surrounded by some kids at play

I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear

Ooh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head

I'm spinning, ooh, I'm spinning

How quick the sun can drop away

And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass

Of what was everything?

All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

All the love gone bad turned my world to black

Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I will be, yeah

Uh huh, uh huh, ooh

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life

I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why, why, why

Can't it be, can't it be mine?