Sean Childers - Man In The Mirror Lyrics

Mirrors all around me
The answer couldn't be clearer
In order to heal my surroundings
I gotta start with the man in the mirror
Mirrors all around me
The answer couldn't be clearer
In order to heal my surroundings
I gotta start with the man in the mirror
After reflecting on the parallels
And seeing the path that I took to a pair of hells
Now I can see where I fell victim to the fear I felt
And let it get the best of me
For over a year
And that's when you texted me
I finally get the message
I'd been waiting for all this time
Back when I wanted you more than I wanted to die
That shit it kept me alive
And now closures comin' to the start of this story
Poetically purged through all these rhymes
And I'll never forget how I felt
When you hit me up trying to apologize
About how slow you replied
I sat asking if this was love
Or if this was fate
Cuz she really listened to me
But it was too little too late
I'd already come to terms with the truth
No longer hidden behind the masquerade
Of the lies generated by my motha-f*ckin brain
Still what if this is too good for someone like me
Mirrors all around me
The answer couldn't be clearer
In order to heal my surroundings
I gotta start with the man in the mirror
Mirrors all around me
The answer couldn't be clearer
In order to heal my surroundings
I gotta start with the man in the mirror
And after that night I would never be the same
Once it all came full circle
And I'd digested all that pain
I was forced to reflect
Now I saw it all the same
Someone's got some healing to do, and I think I know his name
It's crazy how I laid there only to contemplate
On my dad's couch upstairs
What is love and hate?
A question with an answer
That's staying out of my way
Do I know what love is?
(Heh)
No I do not
A brutally honest answer
Hidden deep within myself
Behind the truth that I could not
Bring myself to see
Cuz for so long my heart man it bleeds
Sippin' on realitea
Circling around epiphanies
I've already discovered
But I'm having trouble with implementing
Maybe it's me
Who really needs a self-healing routine
But where do I start?
Which way do I go?
Only one answer
I gotta face the music
And look deep inside my soul
Mirrors all around me
The answer couldn't be clearer
In order to heal my surroundings
I gotta start with the man in the mirror
Mirrors all around me
The answer couldn't be clearer
In order to heal my surroundings
I gotta start with the man in the mirror
Insane
I feel like I knew it all along
Almost turned Cobain
Blowin' my head all over the f*ckin wall
I ran so far
Yet I ran nowhere at all
Cuz the truth that I sought
Was in my soul just down the hall
And to that girl that caused me to start this healing journey
Just know I'm forever grateful
And I pray you'll never end up hurtin
The way that I did
But you were a part of my journey
And I wish you the best
In life
In love
And in your career
From which I stole
Just know you were the reason
I was able to go and free my soul
I've got no hard feelings
I'm just grateful that I learned
To break through that glass ceiling
I've placed on myself since my birth
I wish I could've been to you
What I thought you were gonna be to me
But after it all
I realize it just wasn't meant to be
Stuck on the idea
Of who I thought you up to be
Led me to go and chase my dreams
And if it wasn't for you
I would never fully believe
In myself
And now my confidence comes from me?
But even though
I fell in love through a f*ckin' phone screen
I know that it was love
Because it's what ended up saving me
Ah f*ck, go back