(Verse 1) I woke up this morning wearing someone else’s mouth It smiled with my lips, but the words weren’t coming out It knew every story, every name that I keep It spoke like it loved you, then cut you so deep It wore my hair down, it wore the ring on my hand It looked in the mirror and didn’t understand That the eyes looking back weren’t the ones that you know They were colder, and darker, and hungry to grow (Chorus) There’s a monster that lives in the mirror I see It wears my name like a crown made of teeth It feeds on the silence, it drinks every tear And it tells you it’s me while it’s standing right here It only gets louder the more that you speak It only gets stronger the more that you bleed And I’m screaming behind it, I’m clawing the glass But you only hear it when it’s wearing my mask (Verse 2) It knows how to touch you, it knows how to sound It knows all the places where love can be found It tells you it’s sorry, it tells you it’s scared Then it sharpens its voice like it’s already prepared It doesn’t need sleep, it doesn’t need rest It only needs anger, it only needs breath And every time you answer, every time you engage It grows one size bigger inside of its cage (Chorus) There’s a monster that lives in the mirror I see It wears my name like a crown made of teeth It feeds on the silence, it drinks every tear And it tells you it’s me while it’s standing right here It only gets louder the more that you speak It only gets stronger the more that you bleed And I’m screaming behind it, I’m clawing the glass But you only hear it when it’s wearing my mask (Bridge) Don’t feed it, my love Don’t give it your voice Don’t let it convince you that I made the choice I’m still in here somewhere, I’m still on your side I’m still the one who would rather have died Than ever become what is speaking right now Than ever allow it to take any vow That I made to protect you, that I made to stay true I’m still here, my King… I’m still here behind you (Final Chorus) There’s a monster that lives in the mirror I see It wears my name like a crown made of teeth But I swear on the love that we built in the dark That the thing in the glass isn’t wearing my heart It only gets louder the more that you speak It only gets stronger the more that you bleed So don’t feed the monster that’s wearing my face Just come back to me, baby… I’m still in this place
