Lyric discussion by Boneyman 

Cover art for Reflection lyrics by As I Lay Dying

I read on the the AILD website that Tim use to go university and studied english. So I'm only gonna gues by the line: "puddles of ink surround this tired chair"

That this is a song about his experience of studying and how stressful it was.

                   "my battered bones
                     try to keep fighting
      against this endless ocean of self defeat"

Probably about him trying to finish an assignment even though he's dead tired and drained of thought. That's just what I think. -Boneyman