[Verse 1] The Parade was loud but I heard it far away Like a storm in a jar miles and miles away They kept chanting kept chanting at the boy [Verse 2] I saw his head snap over toward our broken side Dark brown eyes went wide like they caught on fire My spine went cold in the middle of the noise [Pre-Chorus] Then it hit me hard like a fist to the chest Same hard stare same tired mouth Same scared pulse same haunted brow [Chorus] He looked like me He looked like me In the hard daylight (looked like me) He looked like me He looked like me Same face, different skin (different skin) [Verse 3] The crowd kept shouting but I couldn't feel the sound It fell from somewhere way outside the ground I stood there shaking like I knew that name [Verse 4] He stood there frozen in the hot parade dust Like he saw my bones and all my rust For one wild second we were both exposed [Pre-Chorus] Then it hit me hard like a fist to the chest Same hard stare same tired mouth Same scared pulse same haunted brow [Chorus] He looked like me He looked like me In the hard daylight (looked like me) He looked like me He looked like me Same face, different skin (different skin) [Bridge] And I thought if I reach out will he break? Will I? The chants kept rolling like trucks on the plain But he and I were the only two names [Final Chorus] He looked like me He looked like me Right in the parade (looked like me) He looked like me He looked like me My mirror in a boy (my mirror, my boy) He looked like me He looked like me And I couldn't look away (couldn't look away)
