Mirror Mirror

All of my life I have been afraid Of losing touch and fading away Not like Herbert Wells or Robert Cormier More like a stranger with nothing to say And an invisible face I see a red rose under the sky That floats like a cloud in the mind of a child I watch the world and never open my eyes I wear this mask but it's not a disguise There's no one to hide Tell me your mother in heaven won't cry in vain The way you treat your life like it's just a game Tumbling down like an endless waterfall Now you're bragging that you know disgrace Thinking you're not a part of the human race With certainty you believe you have nothing to fear at all A keen observer, a relative song Besides with fervor and coming dawn A wanderer, a searcher, a vagabond Eyes that light up at night when it's time to fall Are you here or are you gone? Mirror, oh mirror on my wall I don't see my reflection at all I broke the glass and you broke my fall There's blood in the bath and blood in the hall An emergency call Tell me your mother in heaven won't cry in vain The way you treat your life like it's just a game Tumbling down like an endless waterfall Now you're bragging that you know disgrace Thinking you're not a part of the human race With certainty you believe you have nothing to fear at all