Miles Jason - The Mirror Lies

[Intro – spoken, barely a whisper] They said they knew me... But they never did... No... [Verse 1] Every morning I wake up and face the glass Something staring back at me from the past It wears my face but it carries someone else's truth They built a story — and they pinned it all on you Every camera every headline every name they call Trying to catch me — trying to watch me fall But I was born to move my body — feel the beat Born to make you feel it rising in your feet [Pre-Chorus – tension building, syncopated rhythm] And the crowd is screaming loud But they're screaming at a ghost It's the version of a man That they need the most Oh — but I know who I am! Ohhhh! [Chorus – full power, explosive, anthemic] The mirror lies — the mirror lies! It shows the world but not the soul behind my eyes The mirror lies — the mirror lies! You think you see me but you only see the disguise The mirror — LIES! [Verse 2 – rhythmic, percussive delivery] In the city after midnight something's wrong Every shadow on the wall is six feet strong They keep watching keep on pointing keep on saying no But the fire burning inside — they'll never know Every rumor every whisper every stone they throw I was dancing in the dark long before the show You can shake me — you can break me — but I rise again I'm the thunder and the lightning in the driving rain [Pre-Chorus] And the truth keeps running wild Through the corridors of fear But they can't take what's inside Baby — it's still here! Still here — HEE! [Chorus] The mirror lies — the mirror lies! It shows the world but not the soul behind my eyes The mirror lies — the mirror lies! You think you see me but you only see the disguise The mirror — LIES! [Bridge – falsetto + raw emotion + ad-libs exploding] (HEE!) You don't know me — no no no! (OWW!) You never owned me — let it go! I am the thunder — I am the rain I am the fire that burns through the pain! Go on and judge me — go on and try But baby darling — THE MIRROR LIES! (shamone — shamone — come on!) [Guitar solo breakdown – 8 bars distorted rock guitar] [Spoken word – low, intimate, world holding its breath] They write the stories... They paint the pictures... They sell the version they need... But only God knows who I am... Only God... [Final Chorus – MASSIVE, full orchestra, gospel backing choir] The mirror lies — the mirror lies! It shows the world but not the soul behind my eyes The mirror lies — the mirror lies! You think you see me — but you only see the disguise Oh — baby — the mirror — LIES! [Outro – ad libs fade, falsetto floating above strings] Heeee... shamone... The mirror lies... you never knew me... Never knew me... no no no... (falsetto, fading) Liiiiies... Ohhhhh...