Canvas Static

[Intro]
[Verse]
White gloves, cotton-clean
Dusting off the 17th century
The Duke has a twitch in his eye
I swear he just let out a sigh
"Is the AC too high?" I ask
He drops his painted mask
(Whisper: "I hated the horse, it bit me")
[Pre-Chorus]
Tape loops catching on a snag
Modular pulses in a zig-zag
The frame is splintering upward
Floating wood, looking awkward
My pulse is a stuttering drum
Waiting for the colors to come
[Chorus]
Oh, the varnish is screaming tonight
Cracked lips under the halogen light
Half-erased names in the corner gold
Stories that the ledger never told
(Belt: UNWRITTEN!)
(Belt: UNFORGOTTEN!)
Every pigment has a secret to spill
If you stand perfectly still
[Post-Chorus]
Static in the oil (Ooh)
Bubbling like soil (Ooh)
Archivist, are you listening?
Everything is glistening
[Verse]
Lady in the blue silk gown
Wants to burn the gallery down
She says the pigment is itchy
And the lighting is way too kitschy
"My corset was tied by a thief"
She whispers in painted relief
I document the ghost in the grain
Recording the history of pain
[Hook]
Splinter in the air
Glitch in the stare
Watch the varnish peel
Tell me what is real
[Bridge]
Prepared harp plucking at my nerves
The canvas bends in impossible curves
Signature fades into a smudge
I am the witness, I am the judge
(Fast tempo)
Splinter, splinter, floating high
Oil-slick tears in a painted sky
(Slow tempo)
I long to be a brushstroke too
Lost in a shade of Prussian blue
Waiting for a hand to touch the frame
And whisper my forgotten name
[Verse]
Midnight rounds with a flashlight beam
Waking up a static dream
"He stole the bread," the peasant cries
Hiding truth behind acrylic lies
I record the static on a reel
Trying to feel what they feel
Between the layers of the glaze
Lost in a historical haze
[Chorus]
Oh, the varnish is screaming tonight
Cracked lips under the halogen light
Half-erased names in the corner gold
Stories that the ledger never told
(Belt: UNWRITTEN!)
(Belt: UNFORGOTTEN!)
Every pigment has a secret to spill
If you stand perfectly still
[Outro]