[Verse 1] I stand before the glass so cold, where moonlight softly weaves, Its silver skin reflects my face, yet something dark deceives. For though the lips and eyes are mine, the gaze is not the same, And whispering low, from depths within — it softly speaks my name. [Verse 2] I speak to glass as one speaks to prayer, though none would hear me plead, For something moves beneath its skin, a thought, a will, a need. It smiles when I would turn away, it frowns when I would weep, And whispers truths I dare not think, when I would drift to sleep. I know thy heart, I know thy shame, I am thy self — I have no name. [Chorus] Release me now — let this dream unbind, Awake my soul — restore my mind, There is no waking — thou art mine. Oh mercy, night — unmake this spell, Bring dawn to me — where shadows fell, No dawn shall break — I keep thee well. [Verse 3] Begone, thou shade, thou cruel disguise! I breathe thy breath, I use thine eyes. I am myself — I will not fall. Thou art my flesh, thou art my thrall. Then tear the glass, and end this game — Too late, too late — I bear thy name. [Chorus] Release me now — let this dream unbind, Awake my soul — restore my mind, There is no waking — thou art mine. Oh mercy, night — unmake this spell, Bring dawn to me — where shadows fell, No dawn shall break — I keep thee well. [Bridge] Shatter — scatter — splinters sing, The blood, the laugh, the broken thing. Hands on glass, or glass on hands? I cannot tell what reason stands. The floor is sky, the sky is me, And I am none — and none are we. A thousand faces — one the same, And none remember my true name. [Chorus] Release me now — let this dream unbind, Awake my soul — restore my mind, There is no waking — thou art mine. Oh mercy, night — unmake this spell, Bring dawn to me — where shadows fell, No dawn shall break — I keep thee well. There is no waking - I keep thee well.
