Reflection

Back for the encore, I'll always come for it (I know you wanted it) Death is at the door, I won't succumb to it (don't bother knockin' it) I'm putting on a show, I hope my costume fits (call in all the kids) It will be grandiose (like a narcissist) I am anomalous in my robotic processes I put the life in the party, but I'm the opposite I look at my reflection and I'm one with it Just like the depth of any mirror, there is none to it Don't-don't-don't put your trust in me, you won't be comforted Trust is an edge and I've been taught to cut with it All for the leverage, I'll prop myself up with it 'Cause this is showbiz, so a showman's all you're gonna get You might just find the skeletons I've closeted What's inside the box? Break the lock right off of it Take this rusty husk, dust the cobwebs off of it My cover's slipping, yet I've simply come too far to quit Behind this friendly facade, evil is dominant Ego balloonin', impugnment ain't poppin' it 'Cause I'm the director, my actors are talentless So let me control 'em, make sure no one is autonomous Here comes a one-man marching band See this army of puppets, I'm in charge of them With a performance so electric, I'm conducting them They wanted out, but now they've sprung another lock again Look upon my face, I just adopted it Familiar is the pain, I've come to foster it To make me whole, I'll break your soul like a lobotomist But on an atomic level, I'm the anatomic mess My coffin is a walking grave, how preposterous I'll lead a posthumous parade, so cacophonous How pompous a display, did I say I'm a narcissist? No wonder why I hate to stay anonymous But I'm not dropping this charade 'til I've exhausted it I keep the monster underneath, but he's prosperin' I'm stronger in the darkness, what ironic confidence The kind of artist who is carvin' out his audience Is this all just a projection Or another misdirection? Don't we all want a distraction From that which we have no protection? Like your own reflection Looking back from the other side You thought you knew him, what a deception Coming back for another bite if it's inhuman No imperfection like a mask I pull off at night My every movement beyond perception and all detection Are you the real one or my reflection? Red, his hands, and dead his eyes Blueprints stained, it's our doom designed With these gift-wrapped reveries, disguising lies Time to tie the bow and then enlighten lives I'm not a person, I'm just been impostin' him Call me the big bad, I'm one more blow from bustin' in 'Cause I've been tryin' to warn you, a child cried wolf But people are sheep, pulled their eyes behind wool Studied sadistic psychopathy, got my doctorate Buckle up 'cause I'm no longer inoperate My precious puppet turned on me, and now I'm strung to it But if you thought you stopped my heart, you put the jump in it Nobody bother to scream, because I'll muffle it You're stuck with us in here, just like we're stuffed in it Look at what we've become, something amalgamous If you don't wanna play your part, you will, 'cause I'll insist I built a body count on hollow promises I got a list of 'em, it's so long, it's almost bottomless Sorta like Santa Claus, but I don't come with gifts Nonetheless, once I find your line, I'm crossin' it Just like a virus in your system, I've corrupted it I kinda find it like a job, so when I'm punchin' in I look forward to my shift, but when I'm off again I'll rip off my skin because the job is all I am Is a reflection Comin' back from the other side Your point of view is just a deception Coming back for another bite to become human I am pretendin' like a mask I pull off at night My every movement gave you direction, then you forget them Don't fight your demons, you must respect them I'll make you need them, if not invent them Now I'm the real one, you're the reflection