Portraits lyrics - Emilie Autumn

(from "The Asylum" soundtrack)

I can tell the truth

All I want to tell is the truth

I hope someday to capture people

As they are

I can make things change

I believe it's possible to change

They only have to want to change, to see

To recognize how far we have to go

People have to see, I could help them know

Through a picture of a person in a far-off land

Through showing that the world is more than where we stand

Through sharing though the task at hand is more than what we planned

If they see a face

Not a portrait, just a face

Then they'll want to help

Then they'll want to heal

I can make it real

But all they want is portraits

And all I want is truth

People have to know, I can make things change

If I tell the truth

You, you are the truth

Through a picture of a person in a far-off land

Through showing that the world is more than where we stand

Through sharing what we have to share is more than what we planned

So much more

You are a terribly real thing

In a terribly false world

And that I believe is why you are in

Such pain