Lyric discussion by jgarrett 

Cover art for I'll Be Your Mirror lyrics by Velvet Underground, The

I am particularly endeared by the verses:

When you think the night has seen your mind That inside you're twisted and unkind Let me stand to show that you are blind

All of us intellectual/romantic posers just have to believe that we are, oh so twisted and unkind, and our soul is always made of shadows (and which VU fan can honestly deny to have an intellectual/romantic poser side?)

But when someone really loves us she sees us for what we are: the darkness doesn't come from a haunted soul but from a blind sight (and sometimes is also projected by an inflated ego). We are so desperately trying not to be the regular guys that we actually are, and that we should be happy and proud to be!