Canvas

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