Chiaroscuro - Paula Cole

Goya and El Greco, Gaugin and Van Gogh 
Painted light in the darkness, chiaroscuro 
Imagine we were a painting 
A woman and a man, 
Two lovers on a canvas 
On is white, one is black.

Darkness and light will be married tonight in chiaroscuro
Your body on mine - two colors combined in chiaroscuro 

Vermeer and Velazquez, Rembrandt and Rousseau 
Painted perfect union, chiaroscuro 
The man and the woman 
The knife and the spoon 
The xylem and the phloem 
The sun and the moon 

Chorus 

How we lived a secret life from racist eyes 
You said I couldn't understand you anyway I tried 

But in this moment together, in our secret unity 
Our skins become the still life, our souls epiphany