The One in the Mirror

Darling, I am tired of who I've been I am nineteen and fragile Fracture in my disguise, I'm someone else entirely In someone else's eyes Oh, I am no stranger to playing pretend But I'm a stranger to myself Walk around with a smile frozen on my face The truth is a dangerous game, so I Throw myself into fiction, find other worlds to live in I'd rather be anywhere but here I'd rather be anyone but the one in the mirror Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh But the one in the mirror Darling, I am falling apart again Lost in this misery of my own creation Years of growing coming undone, I want no part in this Slipping on a different smile on a different screen Am I anything more than who they want to see I have been so many people I'm scared to see which one's really me these days So I push you away, all I do is run Desperate to be somebody to someone, but I Always feel like the odd one out Left behind in an old ghost town I'd rather be anywhere but here I'd rather be anyone but the one in the mirror Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh But the one in the mirror I don't think myself and I are on speaking terms I don't think I can find a way through all of this hurt alone When there's a stranger's face in place of my own I am trying to remember I'm not anyone else I am trying to remember That I am not the worst things I think about myself But it's hard some days, when I'd rather be Anyone but the one in the mirror Let me tell you, I know everyone wants me to be her So I've tried, all my life, I stare at the ceiling Wondering who am I? Please tell me I'm Anyone but the one in the mirror I'm tired of begging you to dig a little deeper Look past the surface, see through my eyes Then would you really believe me when I say I'm fine Look closer, who am I Look closer, do you recognize me Want to be more than a so-called pretty smile It's lonely here in this mind of mine Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm the one in the mirror Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm the one in the mirror Wake up with a smile frozen on my face I'm a stranger to myself