Bare: A Pop Opera - Portrait of a Girl

[IVY]
Portrait of a girl
Canvas of ages
The stage is hers
Demure and practiced beauty
Holding all in thrall

Portrait of a girl
Object of rumor
A pose at play
They say "She's fairest of them all"

Paint her in
One color ends and one begins
Brush away what's stray
Add a finishing touch
The rapture cold as a pearl
Now the portrait has captured the girl
Now the portrait has captured the girl

[IVY]
Portrait of a girl

[MATT]
Don't mind me, I'm just watching

[IVY]
Painted illusion

[MATT]
It looks just like you

[IVY]
She'll play her part
She sees that she's a work of art

[MATT]
Just understand, I'm taken in

[IVY]
Paint her in
Watching one color end
And one begin
Brush away what's stray
There's disguise in her eyes

[MATT]
Don't know what to say

[IVY]
Add shadows that dance across her skin

[MATT]
I'm scared I'll say too much

[IVY]
Hide that doubt that cries out within her
Stripped bare beneath all the layers

[MATT]
Stripped bare beneath all the layers

[IVY]
Would you recognize the girl lying there?

[MATT]
I know there's love lying there

[IVY]
Sought after, trapped like a pearl
Now the portrait has captured the girl
Now the portrait has captured the girl

[IVY & MATT]
Daring you to fall
Fairest of them all