Empty Canvas Lyrics - Parallel Lives - Gates

I see myself in you, reflected 

You try to reproduce what I did 

You trace my pattern trying to be candid 

But all that you create is not quite right 

And I've become your something 

In a photograph of nothing 

Left hanging in the dark 

And I am always with you 

Even if you didn't want to 

You've framed my work of art 

And your whole life, forever spent 

To be what hasn't happened yet (2x) 

You draw your hands across an empty canvas 

Your fingers paint a scene so dull and lifeless 

And all the color worn from me is pointless 

Because all you'll ever be is black and white 

And I've become your something 

In a photograph of nothing 

Left hanging in the dark 

And I am always with you 

Even if you didn't want to 

You've framed my work of art 

And even though the negative was cut and replaced 

I'll develop into what cannot be erased 

And you'll develop into nothing 

And your whole life, forever spent 

To be what hasn't happened yet (4x)