Reflection 2.0(better flow)

## Verse 1

Tired of all this pain I've caused myself

Tired of these bullshit excuses I make

Tired of putting off what matters most

But motivation's something I can't fake

Tired of frustration, tired of doubt

Tired of wishing someone would help out

The way I act now, I fucking hate myself

This ain't me—I swear—it's just a disguise

## Chorus

I've let the old me go

Taken over by alter egos

Shaped by other people, now I'm numb

When I look in the mirror

I don't know who I've become

## Verse 2

Where's that inner child with dreams so bright? *(where am I?)*

Somewhere along the way I lost the fight

Neglected the death of who I should be *(sorry)*

Took his life away, mama's baby boy

No one would notice a cheap toy in his place

I can't stop regretting what I've done

Decisions I made when I was young

If I could rewind, I'd tell myself:

## Bridge 1

Don't let desire consume your goddamn soul

It'll tear you apart from the inside out

Rip your friends away, lock you in a cage

Steal your breath until you fade *(oxygen, she took away)*

In the end you'll find she never gave a shit

Quit giving pieces of yourself away

End up hollow, just a shadow of yourself

I underestimated what self-love was worth

## Verse 3

Hard to see the line between love and lust

Lost myself after the first embrace

Thought infatuation had to be love

No time to think, you seemed so perfect

But you wanted more than just me

And I couldn't bear it, couldn't face

The thought of ending all I knew

Twenty years gone, still running through my mind *(running running running)*

## Bridge 2

I can't blame you for what we went through

I was selfish, confused, and so were you *(yeah you too, shit..)*

Too young to see that I played the fool

But the difference was, I meant it true

Took love seriously, I still do *(really do)*

When I said "I love you," it wasn't light

## Verse 4

Tears have shown me what I should have known:

You can love someone with all you've got

Feels like fucking dying when it's not returned *(unrequited)*

Can't force love back—it's there or it's not *(it's not)*

Now love feels like a burden I can't bear

Eyes full of tears, soul laid bare

## Verse 5

This bed I've made, don't want to lie alone

If the day ever comes that I have to go

Just know it was killing me being unable to hold you

Like I used to do

Finding comfort in the things we went through

If I died would it kill you too?

'Cause baby I would've traded the whole damn world for you

Yet I'm here alone wishing things were still like they used to be

## Final Chorus

I've let the old me go *(oh)*

Taken over by alter egos

Shaped by other people, *(oh, oh)* now I'm numb

When I look in the mirror

I don't know who I've become

Now this pain I wear weighs me down

Can't stand this shit, just who am I now?

## Final Chorus

I've let the old me go *(oh)*

Taken over by alter egos

Shaped by other people, *(oh, oh)* now I'm numb

When I look in the mirror

I don't know who I've become

Now this pain I wear weighs me down

Can't stand this shit, just who am I now?

....

##freestyle

check it—

Started from the bottom of my own damn mind

Left pieces of myself I'll never find

Used to be somebody, now I'm undefined

Lost in the static of a heart declined

They say time heals but the scars still show

Every mirror crack reminds me what I know

That the person that I was had to let go

Now I'm spitting truth through the pain I sow

Love came fast like a hurricane wind

Thought forever meant forever but it had to end

Now I'm picking up the pieces, trying to transcend

All the broken promises I can't defend

Who am I when the lights go dim?

When the crowd goes quiet and the hope grows thin?

Just a shadow boxing with the voice within

Trying to find salvation in the discipline

This freestyle's for the nights I couldn't sleep

For the promises I couldn't keep

For the love that cut me way too deep

Now I'm climbing out this hole so steep

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Show me who I was before the fall

Before I gave my everything, lost it all

Now I'm standing here, back against the wall

But I'm still here, still breathing, still alive

Through the pain and all the tears I've cried

Maybe broken's just another way to shine

This freestyle's proof that I'm still mine

## Final Chorus

I've let the old me go *(oh)*

Taken over by alter egos

Shaped by other people, *(oh, oh)* now I'm numb

When I look in the mirror

I don't know who I've become

Now this pain I wear weighs me down

Can't stand this shit, just who am I now?[fade out harmoniously]