Reflection

Lyrics by Brad Parent

Yesterday I met a man, I saw him standing in the mirror.

I felt I had to raise my fist and hate him through and through.

He looked at me and then he smiled, as if to say "I'm sorry -

I cannot be the one you want, can't do the things you want me to..."

I stared in disbelief, couldn't figure out the reasons

the man that I saw standing there did not have a clue -

I said "Alright -

I'm leaving you.

When the time is right,

I'll be seeing you around."

I fell out of the sight of him, I walked for miles and miles.

I tried for so long to pretend I really didn't care.

But when I slept at night, the man inside the mirror

kept coming back and haunting me until I fell into despair

He said "Alright,

I'm leaving you.

When the time is right,

I'll be seeing you around."

And I couldn't shake the feeling that my hatred it was growing,

and if that man died that day, it would weigh upon my soul.

I'm trying to run but my feet won't go

I'm trying to think, but my mind's too slow

and the tidal wave is crashing down,

I'm trying to run but I'm beginning to drown;

And all of the hatred I felt that day

disintegrates and is swept away,

and I think of the things

that I hadn't the courage to say.

And when I awoke today, the man inside the mirror

looked at me and then he laughed, and I heard his laughter ring;

for a day had finally dawned and everything I saw was clearer

and the judgment I had handed down just didn't mean a thing.

So if you meet this man, don't try to sell him nothin',

for the things he wants are all for free, and all he has is time-

and this song to sing.