Alpha Centauri - The Canvas Lyrics

Could I be what you need when you breathe I believe
I'm that canvas that you painted on to carry your dreams
You had of your visions of my future so you laid it on me
Then you told me show the world what we were destined to be
The Canvas on the sail blowing together and you're my rudder
Stormy nights and we still tight like we always been friends and lovers
You can find me in the dark cuz my light the first you discovered
And I'm hoping that we'll always recover

Look at what you made sons of fathers came of age
Those lessons that you taught me underrated overplayed
I was trouble from the start but you invested anyway
Came and tested what the best of hearts could learn to give away
How to put a smile on faces leave them aching when I go
I'm just a canvas but you painted me like Frida Kahlo
That's a weapon for a young mind my power did grow
It aint like money's coming fast and all I got is my flow
Good intentions in a bad world can kill that innocence
And I know you feel the hardness regardless my eyes been militant
hoping things don't change praying that life don't push me further
But you painted me to front cuz its been so unheard of
You made sure I was good so one day you could look to me
But now I'm ready for my pages let me canvas on this beat
I'll paint it all in love and tears and words I fear to speak
Then hold it in my mind to find my strength when I feel weak

I'm hoping I'm hoping I
That I'm the canvass
I'm hoping I'm hoping I
I know we'll manage
I'm hoping I'm hoping I
We'll do the damage

Could I be what you need when you breathe I believe
I'm the canvas that you painted on to carry your dreams
You had of your visions of my future so you laid it on me
Then you told me show the world what we were destined to be
The Canvas on the sail blowing together and you're my rudder
Stormy nights and we still tight like we always been friends and lovers
You can find me in the dark cuz my light the first you discovered
And I'm hoping that we'll always recover

Iv seen so many come and go its the ones you loved to know
Its that water turned to poison they get angry when you grow
Its the ones who rocked the cradle when they found you feeling low
When u start to find your light again they're hurting when you show
I learnt to tell the difference u taught me to tell the time
Palm reading when I'm shaking hands never needed signs
Been growing on foundations like a castle need to rise
Sometimes i make mistakes that's the beauty of design
Who could be above but us look at where you placed the trust
Painted me the youngest king like you didn't know that's dangerous
If this chaos is the ladder we don't need to settle dust
I'm winning off the cuff and I might never get enough
We talked about this future until night turned into day
We argued and we fought but yeah you always get your way
I need those things you want for me that's right Iv heard you pray
From the moment that we met you knew that I was here to stay

I'm hoping I'm hoping I
That I'm the canvass
I'm hoping I'm hoping I
I know we'll manage
I'm hoping I'm hoping I
We'll do the damage

Could I be what you need when you breathe I believe
I'm the canvas that you painted on to carry your dreams
You had of your visions of my future so you laid it on me
Then you told me show the world what we were destined to be
The Canvas on the sail blowing together and you're my rudder
Stormy nights and we still tight like we always been friends and lovers
You can find me in the dark cuz my light the first you discovered
And I'm hoping that we'll always recover