Red Eye

Hold still...

Don't smile yet.

The lighting's wrong.

(there...)

Picture perfect, that's what you want?

Funny how the truth never makes the cut.

I know which angle hides the flaws,

Which little changes make you look like mine.

Crop this side, take that away,

Too much colour, let me make it grey.

You had a voice, you had your own view,

But the picture looks better when I choose.

(stay still...)

Just one more change,

One more line,

I'll fix the parts

You left behind.

You don't need to understand,

Just let me hold the camera in my hands.

Red eye, red eye,

Look into the light,

I'll change the picture

Till I get it right.

Red eye, red eye,

Don't look away,

I'll keep editing

Till you look my way.

I'll cut out the parts

I don't wanna see,

Till the only version left

Is the one I need.

(perfect...)

Delete that smile, it doesn't look right,

Too much freedom showing through tonight.

Who told you that you could change the frame?

Who told you that you could forget my name?

Every little memory, filed away,

Every little mistake I can rearrange.

You call it losing yourself,

I call it cleaning up.

You say I'm changing you,

I say you're changing too much.

(look at me...)

One more filter,

One more lie,

I'll make you beautiful

If you don't ask why.

The picture's almost finished now,

Don't ruin it by figuring out how.

Red eye, red eye,

Look into the light,

I'll change the picture

Till I get it right.

Red eye, red eye,

Don't look away,

I'll keep editing

Till you look my way.

I'll cut out the parts

I don't wanna see,

Till the only version left

Is the one I need.

(perfect...)

What happens when the picture's gone?

When every piece of you

I've taken out

Was there all along?

What happens when you see yourself

Before I changed the frame?

Will you recognise the girl you were...

Or only remember my name?

(don't look...)

Red eye, red eye,

Look into the light,

I've changed the picture

A thousand times.

Red eye, red eye,

Now you look just right,

No one will ever know

What I erased tonight.

I cut out the girl

I couldn't control,

Till all that's left

Is the shape I own.

(mine...)

Hold still...

Almost finished.

There.

Perfect.

(Don't move.)