Portrait of a Helpless Hidden Soul
Reasonable Dreams
Emotional Masks · Inner Child · Dreamy Synth Pop
#VERSE
She got excellent at lying
Especially lying to herself
Believed she was close to normal
Only slightly different from everyone else
Mom asked for one gift for Christmas
“Stacy, I’d love a portrait of you”
And Mom sang the praises of that eight by ten
But seeing it on Mom’s wall showed Stacy something new
#CHORUS
A portrait of a helpless hidden soul
A second set of ghostly eyes
Behind a loneliness-sized hole
A picture of a friendless child
Stacy was dying to know
Portrait of a helpless hidden soul
(Portrait of a helpless hidden soul)
#VERSE
Stacy guessed the lying started
As far back as third grade
Friends were falling away from her
So, she invented stories to keep them engaged
Swore her parents won the lottery
Said the old man next door was a creep who stared
Insisted she was headed to the North Pole for Christmas
But now that photo on Mom’s wall had her scared
#CHORUS
A portrait of a helpless hidden soul
A second set of ghostly eyes
Behind a loneliness-sized hole
A picture of a friendless child
Stacy was dying to know
Portrait of a helpless hidden soul
(Portrait of a helpless hidden soul)
#BRIDGE
Her bouncy blonde hair
High cheeks and golden smile
Colorful costume jewelry
Her lifelong public style
But hiding in that lonely hole
Her second soul lived there
With sneers of kids who heard her stories
And still never cared
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
Stacy saw a therapist
Who listened with compassion
Untangled lies for seven months
The hurt child let Stacy back in
And Stacy befriended her loneliness
Joined forces to reduce life’s sting
But every holiday at Mom’s
She saw the exact same thing
#CHORUS
A portrait of a helpless hidden soul
A second set of ghostly eyes
Behind a loneliness-sized hole
A picture of that friendless child
Who Stacy was getting to know
Portrait of a helpless hidden soul
#OUTRO
The little girl who Mom consoled
All those years ago
Portrait of a helpless hidden soul
(Portrait of a helpless hidden soul)
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