A Window Ain’t A Mirror (Unless It’s Got Something To Hide) |
The seats are all filled they’re even standing in the aisles
They’re staring at the stage with twisted smiles
There’s a silence in the hall, but the voices say I’m crazy
How could they know unless they’re lookin’ right through me?
Are you lookin’ right through me?
I see you lookin’ right through me
I’m muddy and I’m bloody, but how could you see
Unless you’re lookin’ right through me
How am I gonna have you when I can’t hold a candle?
We elevate ourselves, but we’re not above the scandal
I displace the blame, but you say it makes me ugly
How could you know unless you’re lookin’ right through me?
Are you lookin’ right through me?
I see you lookin’ right through me
I’m muddy and I’m bloody, but how could you see
Unless you’re lookin’ right through me
Yeah, I was 3 years old when cousin Mikey went to Saigon
Little did we know all the wickedness goin’ on
He tied ‘em to the trees and he let ‘em go rotten
Kept a scrapbook so it wouldn’t be forgotten
And I was there in the kitchen
When she wouldn’t stop her bitchin’
He put a barrel to her temple
It was far too simple
He said feed the need and watch it grow
One day it’s gonna blow like a volcano
I was just an angel, barley 13
That was the day the beast got inside of me
All you stonethrowers think I let him in willingly
But, how could you know unless you’re lookin’ right through me?
A window ain’t a mirror unless it’s got something to hide (X4)
Horizon lines rise up to meet us
The sky cracks open to unleash the mistreaters
Strung out on a bullet with the salty taste on my tongue
I work the graveyard shift, but I always get the dirty job done
First I take a peek in your picture window
Then, I carefully creep up the stairs here I go, go
Do you want the hammer or the carvin’ knife?
Either way, babe I’m gonna take your life
I pull the shadows around me tightly
This is my ritual-I do it nightly
The air feels heavy, but you think I take it lightly
But, how could you know unless you’re lookin’ right through me?
Are you lookin’ right through me?
I see you lookin’ right through me
I’m muddy and I’m bloody, but how could you see
Unless you’re lookin’ right through me
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