The Heart Is A Mirror - Ben Watt

miles of flattened trees

and the river serpentine

ribbons of wild geese

above the cedars and the pines

you can travel to escape yourself

but the fact is you still take yourself

feathered hopes and blackened suns

at every twist and every turn

always set on high alert

thinking that you will get hurt

when so much of love

is so neutral and so misread

wound up like a coiled spring

will jump off at anything

but must of the stuff is just

happening in our own head

oh, the heart is a mirror

where it’s easy just to see yourself

yeah, the heart is a mirror

where it’s easy just to see yourself

Rachel’s friend he lost his job

and now his wife earns everything

so he cooks the food and he bathes the kids

and for the bedtime the songs he’s learned to sing

but there’s one thing he doesn’t get

he sees his wife as a threat

when most of her love is so neutral

and so misread

he shouts and he disagrees

he can’t allow her any victories

but most of the stuff is just happening

in his own head

oh, the heart is a mirror

where it’s easy just to see your own face

yeah, the heart is a mirror

where it’s easy just to see your own face

so come on my heart

where do we start?

are you that easy to outsmart?

my stupid heart

why so foolish and why so weak?

and where did you get the selfish streak?

see the bad in everyone

who are you trying to outrun?

always set on high alert

thinking that you will get hurt

when so much of her love

is so neutral and so misread

open up your arms tonight

open up and hold her tight

because must of the stuff is just happening

in your own head

oh, the heart is a mirror

where it’s easy just to see yourself

yeah, the heart is a mirror

where it’s easy just to see yourself

oh, the heart is a mirror

oh, the heart

so open your arms tonight

yeah, open your arms tonight