Brushstroke by Elizabeth LaFavre Lyrics
BRUSHSTROKE
And so it is with
One brush stroke
That I try to
Paint a picture
Of the woman
Whose face launched
A thousand ships
Into the night
Your lovely face
Your sapphire eyes
Shining in the light
Like a Christmas tree
Taking flight
In the night
With diamond
Birds of a feather
Your love has
Brought me to
My knees
I beg for mercy
Oh, mercy, please!
Help me!
Please make it stop!
I trace your face
With my hands
To get a more accurate
Sense of where to start
But then I drop my pen
I give it up
I simply cannot bеgin
To paint another stroke
So mesmеrized
By the beauty of your face
Those dancing sparkling eyes
Oh, the spell you cast upon my fate
Not up to the task
How can I paint perfection?
A mistake to even try
I simply can't
Capture the gravity
Capture the glow
Capture the depth
A story that is so old
My love for you
Has turned me
Inside out
Outside in
I can’t go back
I can’t go back
I can’t go back
To the man I used to be
No in use crying
It is done
It is done
Forevermore
I can’t go back
To the man I used to be
There’s no turning back now
There’s no turning back now
I trace the outline
Of your lips
Across my fingertips
Poetry in motion
My genius lover
My genius lover
We both know
It’s true
I stumbled upon
The poetry of you
A work of art
Another Mozart
You know it’s true
I’ve seen
The poetry of you
Too priceless to even try
To imitate
The poetry of you
The poetry of you
The poetry of you
A kaleidoscope
With twists and turns
A beauty that
Almost burns
And so it is with
One brush stroke
That I try to
Paint a picture
Of the woman
Whose face launched
A thousand ships
Into the night
Your lovely face
Your sapphire eyes
Shining in the light
Like a Christmas tree
Taking flight
In the night
With diamond
Birds of a feather
Your love has
Brought me to
My knees
I beg for mercy
Oh, mercy, please!
Help me!
Please make it stop!
I trace your face
With my hands
To get a more accurate
Sense of where to start
But then I drop my pen
I give it up
I simply cannot bеgin
To paint another stroke
So mesmеrized
By the beauty of your face
Those dancing sparkling eyes
Oh, the spell you cast upon my fate
Not up to the task
How can I paint perfection?
A mistake to even try
I simply can't
Capture the gravity
Capture the glow
Capture the depth
A story that is so old
My love for you
Has turned me
Inside out
Outside in
I can’t go back
I can’t go back
I can’t go back
To the man I used to be
No in use crying
It is done
It is done
Forevermore
I can’t go back
To the man I used to be
There’s no turning back now
There’s no turning back now
I trace the outline
Of your lips
Across my fingertips
Poetry in motion
My genius lover
My genius lover
We both know
It’s true
I stumbled upon
The poetry of you
A work of art
Another Mozart
You know it’s true
I’ve seen
The poetry of you
Too priceless to even try
To imitate
The poetry of you
The poetry of you
The poetry of you
A kaleidoscope
With twists and turns
A beauty that
Almost burns