portrait

alt-j

tell me how you wanna be portrayed

now

you can have it all

you know that you can have it all

that i love you

yeah

i love you

donatello

frida kahlo

holbein

you can have it all

you know that you can have it all

that i love you

yeah i love you

now paint me a picture

and draw yourself drawing a piece of paper with pencil

'cause you can't afford to misrepresent me

i want an imitation of reality

gather all your kings and other things

that you know my good

you might tell me what

'cause

do you think that these are my good nature

you establish this good nature

buy me aristocracy

now listen to me

yeah

your whores come and go to sit with me

i wanna be seen in a hundred years

as you see me now

so don't hesitate

make my portrait made

so paint me now

you didn't want to know

you didn't want to see

you threw it in the fire

you threw it in the fire

and then you took my eyes

so i could never be

the painter of your boy

and then i go: king

for king

oh

king

bring the guillotine

you didn't want to know

you didn't want to see

you threw it in the fire

you threw it in the fire

and then you took my eyes

so i could never be

the painter of your boy

and then i go: king

for king

oh

king

bring the guillotine

bring the guillotine

Full Lyrics: portrait - alt-j