An Honest Mirror (Philautia)

[Verse 1] I was born into the mercy of my mother's arms Embraced, enlaced in her love, safe from harm There's a tear in the fabric and it's starting to show The day she left was the day the thread was pulled I wasn't ready [Chorus] Even after being loved so well I still don't know how to love myself Through these shattered lines I'm trying to find an honest mirror I want to believe that her image of me Could be real [Verse 2] Be it luck or fate I met my soulmate When I was seventeen, I barely knew anything But I knew her face What a cliché to say but I was all in A quarter-century later I'm more in love Than I've ever been [Chorus] Even after being loved so well I still don't know how to love myself Through these shattered lines I'm trying to find an honest mirror I want to believe that her image of me Could be real [Bridge] I see the shape of God in our daughters' eyes Unconditional love for a father that often fails but tries To get it right [Chorus] Even after being loved so well I still don't know how to love myself Even after being loved so well I still don't know how to love myself Through these shattered lines I'm determined to find an honest mirror I want to believe that their image of me Could be real Through these shattered lines I'm determined to find an honest mirror I want to believe that their image of me Could be real