The Vanishing Self

[Guitar intro] [Verse 1] There’s a mirror in my hall that doesn’t know my face, Shadows of a life that time can’t replace. Eyes that once dreamed, now stare back cold, A story of youth, prematurely told. [Pre-Chorus] I’m a stranger in my skin, the past feels untrue, Every reflection shows a self I never knew. [Chorus] I’ve aged in the blink of an unseen storm, My heart beats an echo, weary and worn. Who am I, if not the one I recall? Lost in the ruins of my own hall. [Verse 2] The laughter and tears, they seem like a lore, Emotions and thoughts that feel like they’re no more. Habits and hopes, strangers to my current self, A book I once wrote, now dust on the shelf. [Pre-Chorus] Alien in my world, where every step is new, Fumbling in the dark for a clue, a cue. [Chorus] Aged by the unseen, changed down to the core, Searching for the person who lived here before. Where have I gone, in this foggy expanse? Missing the music, forgetting the dance. [Bridge] Turning the pages of years gone too fast, Holding on to fragments of a vanishing past. Reaching for tomorrow, grasping at today, Struggling to find me, fading away. [Final Chorus] Feel the years piled on, feel the life drain, Glimpses of sunlight, swallowed by rain. Aged in an instant, by a thief unseen, Longing for the person I might have been.