(Intro - Clean, slightly melancholic guitar arpeggio, builds with a soft, driving drum beat) (Verse 1) Another penthouse elevator, another deal sealed with a lie Another face that smiles in pictures while they're sharpening the knife I built this tower from the rubble, from the people that I knew Paid in cash and broken promises, the interest long past due And the champagne's always flowing, but it tastes like medicine In a gallery of portraits, where the stranger's wearing my skin (Chorus) And I look into the looking glass, and I don't know who's looking back Just a hollow man in a tailored suit, following an old, worn track (Who have I become?) I'm a ghost inside a gilded frame, playing a forgotten game And I'm begging for a second chance, to not feel this goddamn shame (To be someone... someone I can face again) (Verse 2) I wore their adoration like a crown of broken glass Every step I took to keep it just cut deeper, made it fast I traded sunrises for skylines, honest words for silken tones Turned the ones who truly loved me into nothing but stepping stones Now I'm king of all I've conquered, but the kingdom's made of rust And the only voice that echoes here is my own, and it's turned to dust (Chorus) And I look into the looking glass, and I don't know who's looking back Just a hollow man in a tailored suit, following an old, worn track (What did I do?) I'm a ghost inside a gilded frame, playing a forgotten game And I'm begging for a second chance, to not feel this goddamn shame (Let me be someone... someone I can face again) (Bridge) I see a shadow of a boy with a heart that wasn't scared With a calloused hand for building, not for taking, not for tearing And I'd trade every standing ovation, every zero on the page To look into my father's eyes and not see a stranger's rage To hold my mother's gentle hands, the ones I pushed away And tell her that I'm sorry for the man I am today... (Guitar solo - emotional, melodic, building in intensity, then fading back to the clean tone) (Chorus - with more desperation and power) So I look into the looking glass (Into the looking glass!) And I don't know who's looking back Just a hollow man in a tailored suit, following an old, worn track (Who have I become? Who have I become?) I'm a ghost inside a gilded frame, playing a forgotten game And I'm begging for a second chance, to not feel this goddamn shame (I'm begging you... to let me be someone) (Outro) Someone I can face... Someone to take his place... (I don't know you...) Just a boy who lost his way... (Instrumental fades, similar to intro, single guitar arpeggio) In the looking glass... (Last chord hangs and fades to silence)
