[Intro] The lights go out... who is left behind? [Verse 1] The scene is over, the curtain drops tonight. The clapping rings, but where is the heat, the light? I take off the smile that I have practiced so much, A tired silence that the soul will clutch. Every sentence was a part, a script so clean and true, But the echo whispers: "It's not just you." [Chorus] Mirror Shards, who sees me here? The fascade is crumbling, I'm standing by the fear. No more playbook, the words feel so vain, The Role Falls Away – but who will remain? A stranger looks at me, so close in the quiet, I have forgotten the truth, year by year. [Verse 2] The shadows dance when the world is not watching, An honest face that no one is catching. I build up walls from what is expected of me, A perfect deception that no one will see. I search for the core within, that I hid so well, Behind the armor, where my true self fell. [Chorus] Mirror Shards, who sees me here? The fascade is crumbling, I'm standing by the fear. No more playbook, the words feel so vain, The Role Falls Away – but who will remain? A stranger looks at me, so close in the quiet, I have forgotten the truth, year by year. [Bridge] Every mask was a shield, a shield that tied me down, Now I hold the broken pieces on the ground. If I were me – what would I then say? Without the heavy weight I carried every day? Should I dare... to breathe... just once now? [Chorus] Mirror Shards, who sees me here? The fascade is crumbling, I'm standing by the door. No more playbook, the words feel so vain, The Role Falls Away – and I ask: Who is who? A stranger looks at me, so close in the quiet, I find the truth – year by year. [Outro] The lights come on... the mask lies there. Who am I now... and was I never? Who... am... I?
