Lyrics

V1
You've tarnished the classically beautiful
I vaguely recall
When you would never conform
Ran your fingers down the Mona Lisa
Cuz you thought she was soft
But you were spotless and pure

Pre-Chorus
Til you came with your paint
Left it gray
Do you feel ashamed?

V2
You've tarnished the classically beautiful
If you'd point the finger
I would make this my fault
Like a statue of the Virgin Mary
Destroyed by the salt
You trashed our history
Slammed the door

Pre-Chorus
Yeah you came with your paint
Left it gray
You fell from grace
I let you fall from...grace

Chorus
If you could measure my life in breaths
The clock would stop at the minute I met you
How imperfectly perfect you were
I'm amazed how you could forget you
If I could waken your recollection
Would you try to rewrite the lessons
Of these crooked schools of thought
And never mind if they would accept you? No...

Bridge
You learned to trash the framework, oh, oh-uh-oh
Embellished and dressed it over
You illuminate in every other mind but mine

Pre-Chorus
Yeah you came with your paint
Left it gray
Now I know pain
Cuz I felt you fall from grace

Chorus