[0:10]If you could see inside my mind, for just a second.
[0:21]You'd understand why I hate my reflection. If you could see me the way I see myself, you'd turn away disgusted, wanna be somewhere else. Behind this mask I'm wearing there's a man that fell. I've been dragging broken pieces through my own private hell. Ain't no glory in the story that I keep on a shelf. If you could see me the way I see myself. I ain't a hero, I'm a haunted house of boarded doors. Every room a different trauma, blood stains on the floors. I smile in the mirror but it cracks when I stare. Cause the man looking back is a ghost of despair. I've lied and I've lost a fair more times than I can count. Built a throne out of pain with my guilt as the crown. Every compliment you give me, I just shrug and deny. Cause I don't see what you see, I just see reasons why I ain't enough. Just a shadow in a crowd full of lights. Trying to fix what's been broken but the screws don't tighten right. I'm the sum of my mistakes, I'm the weight I can't steal. I'm a wound that never closes, I'm a scar that won't heal. If you could see me the way I see myself, you'd turn away disgusted, wanna be somewhere else. Behind this mask I'm wearing there's a man that fell. I've been dragging broken pieces through my own private hell. Ain't no glory in the story that I keep on a shelf. If you could see me the way I see myself. I laugh when I'm low, I pretend I'm okay. But the mirror shows scars I can't wash away. I replay my regrets like a film in rewind. All the people that I hurt, all the bridges I fried. I'm ashamed of the anger, mask it with the weed. How I bury all my pain underneath this need. To be seen as something better than the mess that I am. But deep down I know I'm barely even half a man. I lie behind a bottle, I disguise every flaw. But when the silence sets in, I can't lie to myself at all. You call me strong but I feel brittle, as small. Like one more failure might just shatter it all. If you could see me the way I see myself, you'd turn away disgusted, wanna be somewhere else. Behind this mask I'm wearing there's a man that fell. I've been dragging broken pieces through my own private hell. Ain't no glory in the story that I keep on a shelf. If you could see me the way I see myself.
[2:34]If you could see me the way I see myself. It's hard to love who you hate when he's under your skin. Hard to start over when you don't know where to begin. I've been praying for forgiveness from the man in the sky. But he don't speak back, just reminds me of my lies. So I try to self-doubt, I decay in my head. Every dream feels distant, every hope long dead. But maybe there's a reason not to wake up and breathe. Maybe broken makes the end, maybe cracks let you bleed. Till you learn to be and you what means you'll never be pure. And the flaws that you hide are the scars that endure. So I whisper to that mirror, I'm still trying, I swear. Even if I hate the man who's always staring back there. If you could see me the way I see myself, you'd turn away disgusted, wanna be somewhere else. Behind this mask I'm wearing there's a man that fell. I've been dragging broken pieces through my own private hell. Ain't no glory in the story that I keep on a shelf. If you could see me the way I see myself. Would you still love me then?
