[Verse 1] A white wall waits for me Cold as a judge's stare I brought a velvet knife And a grin that doesn't care Ink in my broken veins Moves like a poisoned prayer I left my name in red Now it won't leave there [Pre-Chorus] Hold your breath Hear the room go still One clean slash Then the silence fills [Chorus] Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas You can call it art I call it my curse Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas One dark bloom And the whole night hurts [Verse 2] The frame begins to shake As the color crawls and bites I paint with hungry hands Under fevered, ruined lights Your sainted little fears They kneel when I walk by I turn the pale to ash With a glance and a lie [Pre-Chorus] Hold your breath Hear the room go still One clean slash Then the silence fills [Chorus] Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas You can call it art I call it my curse Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas One dark bloom And the whole night hurts [Bridge] Let the black glass crack Let the old vows fall I was made for the stain I was made to maul No mercy in my hands No prayer in my chest Just a red-hot mark And a wound that won't rest [Final Chorus] Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas You can call it art I call it my curse Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas One dark bloom And the whole night hurts Crimson on the canvas Crimson on the canvas Burn it in my name Till the morning blurs
