Give me a canvas I'll paint you a picture Of my smile not my pain Give you something you can frame Give me a camera I'll give you my good side With the truth hid from your flash Seal me in a photograph Give me a platform I'll tell you a story Of my strength not my flaws 'Til I hear your sweet applause And so I fool myself And everybody else Until I see You A glimpse of Your good outshines the best that I could be I am but dark to Your brightness, but Lord in Your likeness Let there be light in me Cause when I see You In contrasting hues, I see my stain of imperfection But make me a new creation, a pure reflection Holy are You Holy I long to be Make me a canvas A portrait of You