Mirror Man

Lyrics

[Intro] Breath on the glass Who is that? Eyes like mine Heart off track [Verse 1] Toothbrush, same cup by the sink Same ring on the chain, but it swings when I drink Little shoes by the door, mud on the mat Four chairs at the table, I been ghosting all that She said, "You came home late, but your soul came later" Cold on the couch, blue glow from the data Scroll, scroll, scroll till the sky turns gray Kids up early, I’m still miles away Used to wake up with a plan, with a laugh, with a fight Now I wake up with a weight and a war in my eyes Every 'why' from my son is a knife in my pride Every quiet from my girl is a storm I can't hide [Chorus] I don’t know that man in the mirror Got my face, but he look like a stranger My wife miss the boy I was My kids miss the dad they love By hell or high water, I swear I’m coming back to that stare I’ll break that glass if I have to ’Til the mirror man turns back into the truth (yeah) [Verse 2] Arguments echo in the cutlery drawer Her voice in the plates, in the slam of the door She said, "You used to dance in the kitchen with me" Now I’m stiff as the bills stacked under the TV I been flirting with the dark, tryna feel like a king Cheap thrills, deep guilt, heavy gold, hollow ring Told myself it’s just stress, just a phase, just a bend But my daughter drew a picture, I was faded at the edge Little man on the couch with the ball in his hand "Papa, can you teach me how to spin, how to stand?" I said, "Later," then later turned late into never Now the ball in the corner collecting the weather [Pre-Chorus] I am not my worst mistake I am not this empty face Say it once, say it twice, ‘til it shakes the frame Say my name, say my name, like I ain’t ashamed [Chorus] I don’t know that man in the mirror Got my face, but he look like a stranger My wife miss the boy I was My kids miss the dad they love By hell or high water, I swear I’m coming back to that stare I’ll break that glass if I have to ’Til the mirror man turns back into the truth (hey) [Bridge] (yelling) Who the hell are you? Talking back from the sink at two Eyes red, but you still won’t cry You’d rather watch your own life drive by? Nah Not my story, not my end Not my legacy for my friends Not the lesson for my son Not the silence for my young By the bruise on my pride By the ring on my bride By the chalk on the drive By the tears I denied By the blood in my jaw when I bite my tongue By the nights I was numb, by the days that I spun I’mma claw my way back, I’mma crawl, I’mma run ’Til the man in the glass don’t make my kids run [Chorus] I don’t know that man in the mirror Got my face, but he look like a stranger My wife miss the boy I was My kids miss the dad they love By hell or high water, I swear I’m coming back to that stare I’ll break that glass if I have to ’Til the mirror man turns back into the truth [Outro] Breath on the glass Hand on the frame "If it kills me," I laugh "I’m gonna earn my name" One crack, two cracks Light through the line I don’t know him yet But I see my own eyes shine