You can be a hero to some And a villain to others Cold like the winter to one And to the other, couldn't be hotter The apple that spoils the barrel The angel and devil at once Wishes wasted on a dreamy future Someone's one and only chance Whatever you are, it's a projection Faulty result of human perception You're neither that nor the other, remember Make sure you never lose your inner embers The reason someone's smiling The cause of someone's tears Your joke will make them laugh Your presence causes fears And you will make someone Want to jump off a bridge While you're lifting another To heaven straight from the ditch And you will not know What you did wrong Some will dearly love you Others write an angry song About how much they hate you While some will see no wrong In whatever you do They've loved you all along Whatever you are, it's a projection Faulty result of human perception You're neither that nor the other, remember Make sure you never lose your inner embers The reason someone's smiling The cause of someone's tears Your joke will make them laugh Your presence causes fears And you will make someone Want to jump off a bridge While you're lifting another To heaven straight from the ditch You'll sometimes hate an angel You'll sometimes love the devil You'll sometimes despise the good You'll sometimes dance with the evil You'll sometimes spit on God's image And can't wait to be six feet under You'll sometimes get bored on a meadow And trade paradise for thunder Whatever you are, it's a projection Faulty result of human perception You're neither that nor the other, remember Make sure you never lose your inner embers The reason someone's smiling The cause of someone's tears Your joke will make them laugh Your presence causes fears And you will make someone Want to jump off a bridge While you're lifting another To heaven straight from the ditch The reason someone's smiling The cause of someone's tears Your joke will make them laugh Your presence causes fears And you will make someone Want to jump off a bridge While you're lifting another To heaven straight from the ditch At times, you'll choose to be a villain And other times, you'll be made one And you'll want to howl under the moon But be trapped by the burning rays of the sun And then you'll look in the mirror And breathe through the deep cuts 'Cause none can know you like you know you And you'll smash that mirror to shards (Are you proud of who you are?) (Be more concerned with your character than your reputation Because your character is what you really are While your reputation is merely what others think you are.)
