Oh disgraced Goddess You used to be Venus Lying on the bed Oil on canvas Made a pretty impression But the male gaze it crept in Crawling up behind you And the blissful days of Florence Falling out of good graces with irreverence Been a lot of cool places, the Medici palace was your favorite But a careless alteration left a tarnished reputation Who even cares if you had lain in the god-forsaken bed where They painted you In blue and silver and violet and gold It's a new look for you Someone's losing his balance on the moral steps Got you wrapped in his hands, how quickly they forget You used to live in pleasure Yeah the landscape there was better But now you're stuck inside a room Where they can watch and they assume Because they painted you In blue and silver and violet and gold It's a new look for you In the zoo there's kids letting go of their ivory balloons And a new cage for you In blue and silver and violet and gold It's a new look for you In the zoo there's kids letting go of their ivory balloons And a new cage for you