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The Mirror Lyrics
Temptation
Why won't you leave me alone?
Lurking Every Corner, everywhere I go
Self Control
Don't turn your back on me now
When I need you the most
Constant pressure tests my will
My will or my won't
My Self Control escapes from me still...
Hypocrite
How could you be so cruel
and expect my faith in return?
Resistance
Is not as hard as it seems
When you close the door
I spent so long trusting in you
I trust you forgot
Just when I thought I believed in you...
<i>[Sample is Meryl Streep from the film "Falling In Love"]</i>
"What're you doing?
What're you doing?"
It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real
living in fear-
Why did you lie and pretend?
This has come to an end
I'll never trust you again
It's time you made your amends
Look in the mirror my friend
<i>[Sample is Jeremy Irons from the film "Damage"]</i>
"That I haven't behaved as I should"
<i>[Sample is Mary Beth Hurt from the film "Light Sleeper"]</i>
"Everything you need is around you. The only danger is inside you."
<i>[Sample is Jeremy Irons from the film "Damage"]</i>
"I thought you could control life, but it's not like that. There are things you can't control."
Let's stare the problem right in the eye
It's plagued me from coast to coast
Racing the clock to please everyone
All but the one who matters the most
Reflections of reality
are slowly coming into view
How in the hell could you possibly forgive me?
After all the hell I put you through
It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real
living in fear-
Why'd I betray my friend?
Lying until the end
Living life so pretend
It's time to make my amends
I'll never hurt you again
The lyrics get even more interesting if you assume that he's the only one in the song, he's talking to himself in the mirror. What he was, the good; and what he now is, what he addiction has made him, seperated by the mirror. It makes sense if it's about realising an addiction.
"How in the hell could you possibly forgive me? After all the hell I put you through"
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there's a line "hello mirror, so glad to see you my friend, it's been a while" in two of the songs from the AA saga, which possibly links into The Mirror.
This song is about Mike Portnoy's addiction to alcohol
Hmm... I never thought that would be what it meant, but it seems obvious now. =P Awesome song, to the say the least.
one of my fav's (but then they all are) but all i wanna know, is why is the beginning of this (the intro) referred to as puppies on acid? they play it in the live in tokyo dvd, so it was obviously written before awake was written. so was it something they just decided to make an actual song out of?
Mike Portnoy has said that it is about his addiction to alcohol, along with the AA series (which currently includes The Glass Prison, This Dying Soul, and The Root of all Evil).
However, while it contains some musical ties with Lie (mainly the fact that it bleeds into it and the main riff was originally meant to be part of The Mirror), it contains no connection with Lie as far as lyrics are concerned.
It was called "Puppies On Acid" because they made up fake lyrics that go with the melody played at the beginning. "Puppies on acid, aren't they a lovely sight, puppies on acid, I would eat them if I might". Although the lyrical themes are similar, it's not really connected to "Lie", just the music is.
It seems to be about a struggle with an addiction. "how in the hell could you possibly forgive me, after all the hell I put you through?". This is the line that led me to this conclusion because to me it's talking about a second side of a person being shown (possibly anger) via drugs, alcohol etc.. Good song.
In a line closely after the Meryl Streep Sample, it says "This has come to an end", but actually it is "This has TO come to an end"
Freakin' genius song, I especially like how the keyboard fits in so good.
Is it me or right after the final line of the song, is there the Space-Dye Vest riff? Is there another hidden Dream Theater nugget anyone know about here?