Ink Spots on a Paintwork

I'm not tryna sound smart
I just wanna know
Why so many rotten hearts?
Tell me, was it ever a gift to glow?

Why can't we all be
Henry Tanner paintings?
(Maybe beauty dies with timing)
Once we reach the beauty
Of an artwork by Schjerfbeck
We let it go to our heads

Why are we like that?
(Why are we like that?)

We're just ink spots splattered across a paintwork
Have you ever thought this is how life works?
(It ain't workin', but maybe it could)
But my strength hasn't stood
I'll end it when I strike the matchbook
We're just ink spots splattered across a paintwork
Have you ever thought this is how life works?
(It ain't workin', but maybe it could)
But my strength hasn't stood
I'll end it when I strike the matchbook

Is it worth to restart?
Something tells me to go
Everything feels so hard
Tell me, which advice should I follow?

Why can't we all be
Henry Tanner paintings?
(Maybe beauty dies with timing)
Once we reach the beauty
Of an artwork by Schjerfbeck
We let it go to our heads

Why are we like that?
(Why are we like that?)
(Why are we like that?)

We're just ink spots splattered across a paintwork
Have you ever thought this is how life works?
(It ain't workin', but maybe it could)
But my strength hasn't stood
I'll end it when I strike the matchbook
We're just ink spots splattered across a paintwork
Have you ever thought this is how life works?
(It ain't workin', but maybe it could)
But my strength hasn't stood
I'll end it when I strike the matchbook

Please, I need asylum in Elysium
I've seen it all, right from my birth
To the downfall of the Earth
I'm just an ink spot in this paintwork
Work, paintwork
Ink spots on a paintwork
Ink spots on a paintwork
Please, I need asylum in Elysium