Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is this man I see?

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, that man there can't be me?

I don't know him, he is not me, this reflection can't be true?

He seems a little familiar, but the signs of me are few?

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Don't recognise the lines I see, don't recognise the grey hair,

When I last looked at you, I was young, how is what I see now fair?

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, where did all the time go?

The whole world I've seem to’ve lost, but how was I to know?

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, slow down, I can't keep pace.

In my head I'm still the same, it's you who's changed my face,

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, all I see is just a stranger.

To look at those cold, steely eyes, I can see in them only danger.

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If this is me or meant to be, how could the time have gone?

This man that is here looking back, you must have got it wrong.

In this face, all I can see is the loneliness and pain.

If this is me, then my dark eyes are all that do remain.

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Mirror, you have taken all my strength and all my youth,

All I liked about myself; now gone, I see the proof.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, my friends where are they now?

They've married & they've moved on; they've forgot you anyhow.

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Mirror, I'm the same but changed, how can this be my story?

My hopes & dreams now stolen, while I'm stuck in purgatory.

The time has got the best of me, left me with only grief,

I'm looking at you, mirror, but I look with disbelief.

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Where is freedom, mirror? And who then gets to decide?

You said I'd have a wife, and kids to raise, mirror, have you then lied?

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, I can't take this anymore,

My face has grown so old now, while my head is still at war.

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, you have me under thumb,

Is all that's good now gone, or is there any good to come?

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is this man I see?

The man who came inside here's not the same man who'll get free!