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First place on a classroom wall
Every turn of the face can help to break
The fall from a domestic disgrace
Every rumor displaced is lost and found
A lack of discipline, one hand to cut the other
So unprofessional
You're not a friend, you're just a lover
Nothing exceptional, this is correctional
Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight
First day in a victim's chair
Every surface replaced can help to keep
You fair for a corrected gaze
Every feature displayed will match your crowd
A loss of innocence, one hand to wash the other
Be a perfectionist
You're nothing if you're just another
Something material, this isn't personal
Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight
We're all dancing to the same sad song
And we're not sleeping but it won't take long
Illicit conviction, confessions incomplete
Correction, submissive restriction
Instructions will repeat direction
Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight
Every turn of the face can help to break
The fall from a domestic disgrace
Every rumor displaced is lost and found
A lack of discipline, one hand to cut the other
So unprofessional
You're not a friend, you're just a lover
Nothing exceptional, this is correctional
Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight
First day in a victim's chair
Every surface replaced can help to keep
You fair for a corrected gaze
Every feature displayed will match your crowd
A loss of innocence, one hand to wash the other
Be a perfectionist
You're nothing if you're just another
Something material, this isn't personal
Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight
We're all dancing to the same sad song
And we're not sleeping but it won't take long
Illicit conviction, confessions incomplete
Correction, submissive restriction
Instructions will repeat direction
Mirror on the wall, frame the picture
Reflect this kiss to wish us all goodnight
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Great version of a great song,
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I definitely think you guys are right - this is about a person who is completely neglected from their family life, and so turns to anything they can to get attention - school, rumors, cutting, whatever they can. And while they hate it - they keep putting themselves down with phrases like 'so unprofessional,' 'nothing exceptional,' 'you're nothing if you're just another' - it's the only way they feel like they're doing something right with themselves ('this is correctional.')
The sad thing about this song is that this person obviously has had no one to hold on to and sees themselves as completely worthless and screwed up. The chorus is absolutely heartrending.
'Mirror on the wall Frame the picture. Reflect this kiss to wish us all Goodnight.'
The only picture the mirror can reflect when you're looking into it is your own face. So the 'frame the picture' is almost a bitter jibe at this person's own self esteem, which is found in various places throughout the rest of the song. And the fact is that this person is looking at themselves in a mirror, pretending to kiss themselves goodnight because no one else will ever do it for them. It's a beautiful and breathtaking picture that makes you want to rip yourself up and cry.