when we're not alone, we're a little ignorant of our imperfections because we can focus more on other people. but when we're left alone, there's nothing that a "mirror" can reflect but ourselves. we see that we have more flaws than we realized, and that's hard to accept. a mirror is so much harder to hold. i'm not sure if that was jon's intent with the song, but that's what i got from it.
when we're not alone, we're a little ignorant of our imperfections because we can focus more on other people. but when we're left alone, there's nothing that a "mirror" can reflect but ourselves. we see that we have more flaws than we realized, and that's hard to accept. a mirror is so much harder to hold. i'm not sure if that was jon's intent with the song, but that's what i got from it.