Looking In The Mirror For The First Time Lyrics

If I saw you again for the first time

Then we might find another answer

As for the moment it dies like a flower

In the teeth of an overweight dancer

If I looked toward your soul like a virgin

Then I might see a glowing goddess

But as for the moment I can't find the lights

And your soul knows nothing about us

Where did the mirror get broken?

Were you shipping it off to the coast?

Did you pack it in overused love songs?

Was it dropped on the deck by a ghost?

Are you sure that it told you the truth when

You asked it for answers to life?

Were you thinking that time didn't change things?

Were you asking to pose as my wife?

If I spoke to your heart for the first time

Then you might still be hearing me rhyme

But as for the moment my voice has been stolen

What a timely excuse for a crime

If I kissed you again without thinking

Then I might be at odds with the night

But as for the moment my lips are too dry

And it's clear that our love has no bite

Where did the mirror get broken?

Was it there in the back of your mind?

Were you living a lie on the edge

Of the universe we left behind?

Is the masterpiece left for descendants?

Or destine to rot in the earth?

Are we laughter and love in the morning

Or children who die before birth?

If I held you again without knowing

The strange ghosts you locked in the past

I might be absorbed by your body

But now I'm removing the cast

If we did it all over again love

I fear it would end up the same

I with my scrapbook of love songs

And you with that same silly game

It's hard to believe I've grown empty

So quickly this time by your side

We know how to capture the moment Paula

But not how to go for the ride

I wish upon wishes too often

I wish I could change how I feel

But I'll never be sure if you were the cure

Or if both of us grew too unreal

No I'll never be sure if you were the cure

Or if both of us grew too unreal

If I saw you again for the first time

I with my scrapbook of love songs

And you with that same silly game