Mirror Mirror

All of my life I have been afraid
Of losing touch and fading away
Not like Herbert Welles or Robert Cormier
More like a stranger with nothing to say
An invisible face

I see a red rose under the sky
That floats like a cloud in the mind of a child
I watch the world and never open my eyes
I wear this mask but it's not a disguise
There's no one to hide

Tell me your mother in heaven won't cry in vain
The way you treat your life like it's just a game
Tumbling down like an endless waterfall
Now you're bragging that you know disgrace
Thinking you're now a part of the human race
With certainty you believe you have nothing to fear at all

A keen observer, a balladeer of song
Recites with fervor at the coming of dawn
A wandering searcher / A vagabond
Eyes that light up at night when it's time to move on
Are you here, are you gone?

Mirror, oh mirror on my wall
I don't see my reflection at all
I broke the glass and it broke my fall
There's blood in the bath and blood in the hall
An emergency call

Tell me your mother in heaven won't cry in vain
The way you treat your life like it's just a game
Tumbling down like an endless waterfall
Now you're bragging that you know disgrace
Thinking you're now a part of the human race
With certainty you believe you have nothing to fear at all