(Verse 1)
Baby, you're fine!
Just try to sit still, look beautiful
I know that it's hard to forget about
All the awful things that you've done
But I've blocked them out
So I'll keep quiet and bury memories
Like a scared, old dog with his bone
And every single night I'll stay in
While outside it starts raining
Like the earth won't keep your secrets
And they're floating up to greet us

(Pre-Chorus)
But if the dirt won't keep your secrets
Then I will

(Chorus)
'Cause I know it's late
But I need you here
(I've gotta to be going)
The canvas will keep
All those sins soaked in its thread
(You've gotta move past this)
I'll paint, I'll paint you a perfect portrait
And cover all those flaws I never saw
So you can't leave yet
'Cause if the dirt can't keep your secrets
Then I won't stop
(Verse 2)
Baby I'm right
I've never been wrong to trust myself
I know it got hard
(Hard to forget about all the awful things that you've done)
So you took a stab at something else
And I kept quiet and buried memories
Of a sad, young man all alone
And every single night I'm painting
While inside I'm still waiting for this house
To feel like home

(Chorus)
'Cause I know it's late
But I need you here
(I've gotta to be going)
The canvas will keep
All those sins soaked in its thread
(You've gotta move past this)
I'll paint, I'll paint you a perfect portrait
And cover all those flaws I never saw
So you can't leave yet
'Cause if the dirt can't keep your secrets

(Bridge)
So I'll work all night
And I'll layer on the fiction
With each smudged imperfect line
And I'll let the rain dig up your past
But I'm terrified of what the sky might find
Beneath the grass
(Chorus)
It's late
But I need you here
The canvas will keep
All those sins soaked in its thread
I'll paint, I'll paint you a perfect portrait
And cover all those flaws I never saw
So you can't leave yet
'Cause if the dirt can't keep your secrets

(Chorus)
And I know it's late
But I need you here
(I've gotta to be going)
The canvas will keep
All those sins soaked in its thread
(You've gotta move past this)
I'll paint, I'll paint you a perfect portrait
And cover all those flaws I never saw
So you can't leave yet
'Cause if the dirt can't keep your secrets
Then I won't stop