Man in the Mirror

Make change, but it's done for show
Start with a heartbreak 6 feet below
Start with the man's soul that you should've known
Start shit when you're bored and the day goes slow
Look forth, Look back to see
Look forth to my eyes, but not to me
Look back to the rise of an industry
And realize your heart was never free
Look down, around, look make your mark
Look down to the bank of a perfect arc
Look down ship sank with another heart
And brace with a soul lost for an endless dark
A sin concealed, left in shadows, sent to hell
But my soul is left to rot and burn inside your empty shell

I'm starting with the Man in the Mirror again
One I used to trust, once I called a friend
I look back to the man in the mirror now
I can't see why, I don't know how

Shots ring and he's left for dead
Purge thoughts that were caught in a foggy head
Mind taught, not brought when the pain is spread
Keep it goin' til the mind clots burning red
Keep it goin' 'til the world sees broken dreams
Keep it goin' 'cause the world hates fucked up scenes
Realize the ends justify the means
Keep it goin' full speed right past the screams
Keep the past in the past, it's a memory
It's just a fucked up truth, false sense of me
It's just a messed up view, tide in the sea
It's just a thought to you, and just a thought to me
A sin concealed, left in shadows can't be solved
But you're careless if I dare less it won't ever be absolved

I'm starting with the Man in the Mirror again
One I used to trust, once I called a friend
I look back to the man in the mirror now
I can't see why, I don't know how
I'm starting with the Man in the Mirror again
One I used to trust, once I called a friend
I look back to the man in the mirror but
I can't see myself, I can't ask what

Hope dies every single day's a little bit worse
I'm like a gambler but coughing up this blood in a verse
I keep it going, keep on trying but there's never a change
You tell your friends, I keep on dying and it's always the same
You told me "Just be yourself!" So goddammit I tried
But then you threw me away, and said you just don't have time
And I still act like a fool, like I didn't see the damn light
But now I know my truest self didn't have a chance in that fight
And now I know the truth of what I should've said before
(I'm starting with the Man in the Mirror again)
That you just wanted me to be you just to fight your war
Stars fall, but they miss earth and all of these dreams pass
(I look back to the man in the mirror now)
My heart confused and used I finally conform at last
I'll never open up again, I'll be a cog in the machine
(I'm starting with the Man in the Mirror again)
I don't know where I went so wrong, or what the fuck these feelings mean
Wrote a song that didn't affect you, song that only hurt my health
(I look back to the man in the mirror but)
Which made me realize that I don't even want to be myself