The Mirror Always Knows

Songwriter: Jessie Hall Lyrics: Verse 1 There’s an old house quiet at midnight Just a lamp and a tired man He catches his face in the hallway glass And stops where he stands For a moment he barely knows him Like a stranger passing through But the eyes staring back from that shadow Know every hard thing he’s been through ⸻ Chorus There’s a man in the mirror With a past he can’t outrun Every mile he ever walked Every broken thing he’s done He buried dreams in silence Where nobody goes He can lie to the whole world But the mirror always knows ⸻ Verse 2 He remembers roads that went nowhere And nights that went too far Times he swore tomorrow He’d become a better man than he was There was love once that almost saved him Like a hand pulling him ashore But some hearts slip like river water And don’t come back anymore ⸻ Chorus There’s a man in the mirror With a past he can’t outrun Every mile he ever walked Every broken thing he’s done He buried dreams in silence Where nobody goes He can lie to the whole world But the mirror always knows ⸻ Bridge Still somewhere in that reflection There’s a fire that won’t give in A stubborn kind of hope that says Tomorrow might begin again ⸻ Final Chorus There’s a man in the mirror And he’s harder than he shows Carrying every road he traveled Every loss he chose He ain’t proud of every chapter But that’s just how life goes You can hide a thousand secrets But the mirror always knows,,