song written by Dave Cousins D5 G5 D5 Is it the painter or the picture E5 D5 Hanging in the gallery? E5 D5 Admired by countless thousands E5 D5 Who attempt to read the secrets G5 A5 Of his vision of his very soul. G5 D5 Is it the painter or the picture E5 D5 Hanging in the gallery? E5 D5 Or is it but a still life E5 D5 Of his own interpretation E5 D5 Of the way that God had made us G5 A5 D5 In the image of His eye? G5 D5 Is it the sculptor or the sculpture E5 D5 standing in the gallery? E5 D5 Touched by fleeting strangers E5 D5 Who desire to feel the strength of hands G5 A5 That realised a form of life. G5 D5 Is it the sculptor or the sculpture E5 D5 standing in the gallery? E5 D5 Or is it but the tenderness E5 D5 With which his hands were guided E5 D5 To discard the unessentials G5 A5 D5 And reveal the perfect truth? G5 D5 Is it the actor or the drama E5 D5 Playing to the gallery? E5 D5 Heard in every corner E5 D5 Of the theatre of cruelty\par G5 A5 That masks the humour in his speech. G5 D5 Is it the actor or the drama E5 D5 Playing to the gallery? E5 D5 Or is it but the character E5 D5 E5 Of any single member of the audience D5 That forms the plot G5 A5 D5 Of each and every play? G5 D5 Is it the singer or his likeness E5 D5 Hanging in the gallery? E5 D5 Tongue black, still and swollen, E5 D5 His eyes staring from their sockets, G5 A5 He is silent now, will sing no more. G5 D5 Is it the singer or his likeness E5 D5 Hanging in the gallery? E5 D5 Or is it but his conscience, E5 D5 Insecurity, and loneliness, E5 D5 When destiny becomes at last G5 D5 A5 D5 The cause of his demise?
