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My Friend in the Mirror

from Grey Meadows by Jimmy Sky

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Some of us don't live alone inside our hearts and minds. We live with mental illness. We live with societal illness. We live with disconnection. We're full of idealistic hope for the future, a pretty sidekick who quickly drags us into the quagmire of negative self-talk when life starts beating us down. Our friend in the mirror, our other self, the Dorian portrait reflecting every cut, every burn, every disappointment, may well be our closest lover. If this is true, we have no option to treat that friend as we might any other relationship. If it gets too damaging, admitting we can't win the battle and leaving them behind is the last thing we could ever want, but it's the only choice we have. Those dark internal conversations are the lyrical essence of 'My Friend in the Mirror'. Mostly though, the song is about dragging yourself up and rediscovering hope.

This song was written in free flow. Words and music were produced on the spot with no rehearsal.

Watch the video for 'My Friend in the Mirror' here:

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lyrics

Say your hopeless
I could you hold you up one night
Hold my hand in solitude
Be my highest light
But they say you're coming out again
But they say you're coming out again
And I don't know what that means

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh oh

Hopeless is the heart
That makes up these tales and faeries just to get a life
I believe in the jug of love
If you walk a mountain and get on high
Say you can be ever loved
Tell me that the better song
Is somewhere round the corner

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh who

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh who

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh who

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh oh

I feel the everglades
I hear the water run down
I hold the hand of light
It's the only hopeless fight
I hope to never know
The pain that you can show me
As you stare into
Stare into my eyes

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh who

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh who

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh who

I can't make make you better
My friend in the mirror
Oh oh oh who
Oh oh oh oh

credits

from Grey Meadows, released October 23, 2016
Performed live to a handycam, then treated with post effects.
Written, performed, recorded and edited by Jimmy Sky.

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Jimmy Sky Australia

Musician, actor, writer, singer, photographer, dreamer, weirdo, fool.

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