Monster in the Mirror
Lyrics
[Intro with ethereal, but ominous lullaby sounds]
Verse 1
Did you know that the most shameless sinners
Are the ones who are always pointing fingers?
And the ones who want to bring monsters down to fall
Might well be the biggest monsters of them all.
Surely, the most dangerous monster all around
Is the one who tramples everybody else into the ground!
Pre Chorus
So take a good look, let's make it clear:
Who’s the hero, who's the monster here?
Come step close, don't look away,
The mirror speaks what words won’t say
Chorus
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The most rotten heart around
Is the one who kicks a broken soul already on the ground.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The coward and true loser is the one
Who fires at a man kneeling and unarmed.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Possessed by hate and by revenge is the one
Who even in the face of death does not put down the gun.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Traitor should be called the one
Who let go first when something better came along.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Verse 2
Why is it so easy to confuse the Fallen Angel who cries and cries
With the perfect-looking, sweetly smiling Devil in disguise?
Calling her torn wings by names like Satan's Bride
When all she wants is someone who treats her just right,
Then putting a tattered halo on somebody's name
Who breaks even Diamonds with no shame?
Pre Chorus
So take a good look, let's make it clear:
Who’s the hero, who's the monster here?
Come step close, don't look away,
The mirror speaks what words won’t say
Chorus
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The most rotten heart around
Is the one who kicks a broken soul already on the ground.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The coward and true loser is the one
Who fires at a man kneeling and unarmed.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Possessed by hate and by revenge is the one
Who even in the face of death does not put down the gun.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Traitor should be called the one
Who let go first when something better came along.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Bridge
You proudly wear your crown of battle scars,
Blame everything you do on your painful past,
Thinking it makes what you're doing right
When you're drawing swords in the name of light.
A hero in your own story, proud of the battles that you wage,
But all your victories cannot hide your soul's dark and darker page!
Your hands are stained with all the blood you spilled,
Your heart's forever marked by all the ones you killed!
[Final Chorus with belted adlibs]
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The most rotten heart around
Is the one who kicks a broken soul already on the ground.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The coward and true loser is the one
Who fires at a man kneeling and unarmed.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Possessed by hate and by revenge is the one
Who even in the face of death does not put down the gun.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Traitor should be called the one
Who let go first when something better came along.
(The monster's in the mirror!)
Outro
The monster's in the mirror!
(The monster's in the mirror!)
The monster's in the mirror!