Painted Whiter Than White Lyrics

You painted a picture of me so very white,
Pure as the treacherous ice that grew between us
When I failed to live up to your zealous image,
The portrait you painted whiter than white,
A shade too pale for me, the brush slipped to reveal
A face withered and torn, this shade was truly me.

You needed more than I could have ever been,
You took more from me than I had to give,
You wanted more than I could ever have been,
You left me less than I have ever been.

And the all that I gave you was never enough
To sate the possessiveness of your jealous soul,
Hailed as messiah, apotheosis beckoned,
But the sanctity of godhead didn't last long,
It turned to whipping-boy and then to pariah,
The Judas goat of blind devotion causing my slaughter.

You needed more than I could have ever been,
You took more from me than I had to give,
You wanted more than I could ever have been,
You left me less than I have ever been.

An overbearing fear of imagined loss
Blinded you to the nature of my faithful soul,
You offered no life beyond your watchful gaze,
Love was crushed as the claustrophobic walls closed in
And joy died with identical days
Confined within the prison of your own making.

You needed more than I could have ever been,
You took more from me than I had to give,
You wanted more than I could ever have been,
You left me less than I have ever been.