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a-ha – White Canvas (2002) | Track profile | Dork

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a-ha
Lifelines
White Canvas

TRACK

White Canvas

Release date: 2nd April 2002

About This Track

"White Canvas" is a track by a-ha, from the album Lifelines, released 2nd April 2002. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

a-ha

a-ha

Lyrics

White Canvas

Stories are painted

In lines on your face

Misunderstandings

And little mistakes

A chance to start over

Is all that it takes

You know if you do

Your life is a canvas

The colours are you

Follow me out

Follow me round

Let’s make the road up as we go along

Just as we planned

You want to believe it

You know that it’s true

Your life is a canvas

The colours are you

You cannot erase them

The words that were said

Just paint them over

Inside of your head

All that is needed

You know you must make

One leap of faith

Everything else will

Fall into place

Follow me out

Follow me round

Let’s make it up and go back

To where we began

All that is needed

Is one leap of faith

Everything else will

Fall into place

Anywhere you’ll ever go

Everyone you’ll ever know

You may never find it

Everyone you’ll ever see

Anyone you choose to be

How you look will decide

Yeah, how you look will decide

What you see

Follow the moon

Follow the sun

Let’s make a deal this time

To stay with the plan

All that is needed

Is one leap of faith

Everything else will

Fall into place

Everything else will

Fall into place

Stories are painted

In the lines of your face

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Lifelines

2002

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Album

Release year

2002

—Cannot Hide
—Dragonfly
—Oranges On Appletrees
—You Wanted More
—White Canvas
—A Little Bit
—Afternoon High
—Time and Again
—There's a Reason for It
—Turn the Lights Down
—Less Than Pure
—Solace

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Credits

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Writer: Magne Furuholmen
Producer: Martin Landquist