Behind The Mirrors
Illnath

The mirrors, the mirrors

That hides the hideous

Me, the others

Banned and forbidden

From of your world

Alone and cold

Watching in silence

So close, still aeons away...


Touch the surface, cold and smooth

You see me as I watch you...


When you move, I move too,

But is this you or me who moves?

Who are you and who's the reflection?

Crush a crack, feel the connection

I am you and we will win.

Crush the mirror. Let me in!


A little crack is all it takes.

Drop the mirror, let it fall

Because every time you smash a mirror,

I steal a little piece of your soul


The mirrors, the mirrors

That are between us

Me and you

Separated, delirious

You... Beholder,

Seeing. We

Are watching, observing

You still when you are not

Touch the surface, cold and smooth

You see me as I touch you...


The borderline between me and you

Is a vast prison for both of us two

And you know what you must do

To get us out of this celestial's zoo


[Solo]


Crush it, crack it, smash it to pieces

Of your sick, pathetic world

Little fragments of yourself and me.

Flickering, see it twirl!


Destroy the pure, transparent shroud

Don't listen to your doubts

Let it break, smash it now

Let me in! Let me out!


The mirrors, the mirrors / are locked like doors

Me, alone / behind what's between us

Hidden, unseen / admired and adored

Aware, unknown / brinked with mistrust


Watch the mirror, broken and scarred

Seeing me as who you are

Your eyes are mine, and I look at your hand...

... And I see blood.


[Behind the mirrors - Comments]


[The Mirror-song-lyric was finished the same day as we recorded it, and with it's rather experimental way of writing, it delivers a punch I never thought it would do. As I wrote the lyric I wondered how short I could do each line. I wanted every line to punch like the little freeze you get down your spine when you see a mirror that you didn't know was there, or suddenly see something strange in there, so I wrote: The mirrors / The mirrors / That hides / The hideous / Me / The others / Banned! / Forbidden!]


[I think mirrors are one of the most spooky things in my house, and I never stop being fascinated by them. Horror movies like Poltergeist 3 and the Changeling was good inspiration and hard fuel for a spooky boost. I think the song has quite some good punchlines, and really enjoyed working them out.]

[- Narrenschiff]


  Purchase "Behind The Mirrors"   Purchase Entire Album   Email Video to Friends   Play Youtube "Behind The Mirrors" Video   Play Spotify "Behind The Mirrors" Song   View Wikipedia "Behind The Mirrors" Entry   Receive Emails for Future Illnath Lyrics

Email:

  Link to "Behind The Mirrors"   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Lyrics by Illnath

Related Songs

  1000 Mirrors - Asian Dub Foundation  1000 Mirrors - Sinéad O'Connor  1000 Mirrors - Sinead Oconnor  Smoke and Mirrors - The Magnetic Fields  1000 Mirrors (Ils Club Remix)...  Into The Heart - Mirrors  Look At Me - Mirrors  Ways To An End - Mirrors  Hide and Seek - Mirrors  1000 Mirrors - Sinead O'connor  1000 Mirrors - Sinead O'Connor  Smoke And Mirrors - Neal Morse  Smoke & Mirrors - Zack Knight  Arrival Of The Trio / Are You Ready To Begin?...  Arrival Of The Trio / Are You Ready To Begin?...  Veil of Mourning Black - Arsis  Lights Out - We Are The In Crowd  The Mirrors of My Mind - Jackson 5  The Mirrors of My Mind - The Jackson 5  Myself / Dreaming - Ophthalamia  No More Shadows - Amanda Falk  Northern Lights - Bruce Cockburn  Arrival Of The Trio - Andrew Lloyd Webber  Secret Hallways - Ampere  Smoke and Mirrors - Jennifer Nettles Band  Behind the Mask - V.S.B.  Smoke and Mirrors - Brett Dennen  A Thousand Faces - Creed  My Brother Sleepwalks - Surrounded By Lions  Where The Pictures Lie - Avenger Of Blood  D.B.S.F.U. - Death by Stereo  His Lost Reflection - Cylab  Avenious - Aborted  Timing is Crucial - Russian Red  Observation through Metamorphosis...  Behind The Mask - Anarchy Club  Celebrity Status - Marianas Trench  Celebrity Status - Mariana's Trench  So, It Feels Like Misunderstanding When - Blindead  Arrival Of The Trio/Are You Ready To Begin...  Broken Glass Christening - Xasthur (USA)  Broken Glass Christening - Xasthur  Smoke And Mirrors - Namelessnumberheadman  Low-Budget Horror Film - The Imaginaries  False News Travel Fast - Sonata Arctica  Cones - Aquaventure  Smoke And Mirrors - WWE  Anonymous Letters - Cara Salimando  Double Agent - Rush  I Break Mirrors With My Face in the United States...  Mirrors [Doctor Rosen Rosen Rx Remix]...  Mirrors [Sketch Iz Dead Remix] - Natalia Kills  Smoke and Mirrors - Emphatic  House Of Mirrors - Doves  Of Me...Nobody Is Safe - Ion Dissonance  Everything & Nothing - The Classic Crime  Smoke & Mirrors - Bee Gees  Broken Mirros - Rise Against  Broken Mirrors - Rise Against  Naked Eye - Simple Minds  Smoke and Mirrors - Black Wire  Reflections - Original Mirrors  Daggers 4 U - Shy Mirrors  Mirror of Souls - Theocracy  A March For The Sick - Arsis  Late Afternoon - The Coral  Mountains and Ruins - Driftless Pony Club  Mirrors - Natalia Kills  All forgotten in the dark light - All:my:faults  Smoke and Mirrors - Bee Gees  Smoke And Mirrors - The Bee Gees  Smoke & Mirrors - Bee Gees  Fake - Asyst  Exotic Criminals - Elephant Micah  Within The Garden Of Mirrors - Count Raven  Mirrors And Glass - Poison Girls  Maximum Heartbreak - The Datsuns  Mirrors - Confession  Mirrors - Disco Biscuits  Mirrors - Blue Öyster Cult  Mirrors - Sally Oldfield  Mirrors - Mainstay  Mirrors - Misery Signals  Mirrors - Misery Signals  Mirrors - The Tremors  Mirrors - Main Stay  Mirrors - Between the Buried and Me  Mirrors - Heaven's Basement  Mirrors - Half Hearted Hero  Mirrors - Crocodiles  Mirrors - Maker  Mirrors - Havayoth  Mirrors - Envy on the Coast  Mirrors - Kill Bosby  Mirrors - xAFBx  Mirrors - Psychophile  Mirrors - The New Frontiers  Mirrors - Cire  Mirrors - My Insanity  Mirrors - Angel  Mirrors - My Satellite  Mirrors - Destiny's Boy  Mirrors - Emma Louise  Mirrors - Blue Oyster Cult  Mirrors - Boyce Avenue  Mirrors - Kidz Bop Kids  Mirrors - In Dying Moments  Mirrors - Curren$y  Mirrors - Days Away  Mirrors - Ellie Goulding   Mirrors - Jhene Aiko  Mirrors - Eric Bogle  Mirrors - Jhené Aiko  Mirrors - Wale  Mirrors - Angel  Mirrors - Kat Dahlia  Mirrors - Justin Timberlake  Mirrors - Bruno Mars  Mirrors - Artemis   Mirrors - Our Last Night  Mirrors - Zoax  Mirrors - Batillus  Mirrors - Blue �yster Cult  Mirrors - Between The Buried & Me  Mirrors - Slot  Mirrors - Slot  Mirrors - Kady! Danger  Mirrors - PVRIS  American Mirrors - Turbowolf  Despair - Jag Panzer  Erica - Terry Reid  Now Your Mind Is Next To Mine - Screaming Trees  Smoke And Mirrors - Black Veil Brides  I Never Go around Mirrors - Willie Nelson  I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to...  In The Presence Of Mirrors - P.M. Dawn  The Hall of Mirrors - Louis XIV  Mirrors Don't Lie - Stuart Marty  Mirrors Don't Lie - Marty Stuart  Mirrors Don't Lie - Marty Stuart  Echoing Pixels - Neïmo  Krunk Krunk - Ak'Sent  Flags - Saybia  Shattered - Delain  I Never Go Around Mirrors - Bradley Walker  The Mirror Conspiracy - Thievery Corporation  Avoiding Mirrors - Asia Cruise  The Difference - Group 1 Crew  Blistered Mirrors - Manic Street Preachers  Magic Mirrors - Eloy  Like Glass (The Face of the Girl)...  Nashville Mirrors - Bill Anderson  Shattered (Live) - Delain  Tanka - Damon and Naomi  I Never Go Around Mirrors - Merle Haggard  Coffin Fever - Sparrows  Sunday Song - Tara Jane O'neil  The Act Of Darkening - Katatonia  Skyline Pigeon - Elton John  Skyline Pigeon (Piano Version) - Elton John  1000 mirrors asian dub foundation...  Mirrors And Cameras - The Black Maria  Welcome To Savannah - Breathe Carolina  I Never Go Around Mirrors - Mark Chesnutt  I Never Go Around Mirrors - Keith Whitley  I Never Go Around Mirror - Keith Whitley  Smoke & Mirrors - Lifehouse  Smoke And Mirrors - Lifehouse  House Of Mirrors - Tenth Avenue North  Mont Bernard - The Youngs Plan  I NEVER GO AROUND MIRRORS - Gene Watson  Broken Chairs - Built to Spill  Pendulum of Doubt - Descend Into Despair  Dumb Dumb - Rachel Stevens  Blind - Vanishing Point  Whatever Hurts You Through The Night - Glasvegas  No Filter - Fifth Harmony  Can't Find A Reason - Atomic Rooster  Crystal Illusions (Memorias de Marta Sare)...  Emerald City - The Seekers  The Panty Dropper - Cancerslug  Everything Goes Dark - The Hoosiers  They Came To See You - Ghost  Sleepwalker - David Sylvian  Volcano Swing - Amanda Jenssen  I Never Go Around Mirrors - Lefty Frizzell  Best of Fools - Stiff Little Fingers  Smoke Mirrors - Future  I've Been Dreaming Up A Storm Lately...  The Crawling Mirrors - Poema Arcanus  Glass - Eyedea  Stuck In My Head - Exroyale  Smoke and Mirrors - Opshop  I Never Go Around Mirrors - Keith Harling  Sea Of Green - Ocean Blue  The Prison of Mirrors - Xasthur  Cartouche - Blackmore's Night  Cartouche - Ritchie Blackmore  Cartouche - Blackmores Night  The Mystery We Are - All About Eve