PORTRAIT

Like a bird into a mirror Mistaking the mirror for the sky The bird will not recover And the mirror is shattered besides

I paint your portrait in my heart everyday And then I tear it out again But before I'm even done Another portrait's begun Better Than the last one

Pieces of the mirror scatter Still reflecting pieces of the sky On the ground where they have fallen They continue to repeat the lie

I paint your portrait in my heart everyday And then I tear it out again But before I'm even done Another portrait's begun Better Than the last one

And yet, there IS a sky But it's hard for you to realize That beyond the broken mirror There is, and always was, a sky

I paint your portrait in my heart everyday And then I tear it out again But before I'm even done Another portrait's begun Better Than the last one