LYRICS — ORIGINAL VERSION [Verse 1] They gave him a name in a room without sun, A new set of papers, a face on the run. The sea looked familiar, the town looked strange, Every door opened, but nothing had changed. [Pre-Chorus] He wore another man’s smile, He drank another man’s wine, But somewhere under the skin, An old clock kept time. [Chorus] Who is the man behind the mirror? Who is the voice beneath the name? He ran from yesterday’s shadow, But the shadow came the same. Oh, the life he wanted nearer Was the life he left behind. Who is the man behind the mirror Looking through his eyes? [Verse 2] In a house by the water, he learned how to lie, To laugh like a stranger under borrowed sky. But dreams came knocking in a banker’s suit, With a wedding ring, and polished shoes. [Bridge] No knife can cut the soul away, No doctor changes dawn. You can bury every yesterday, But the roots go on and on. [Final Chorus] Who is the man behind the mirror? Who is the ghost inside the frame? He ran toward a golden future, But arrived with the same old pain. Oh, the life he wanted clearer Was the truth he could not find. Who is the man behind the mirror Looking through his eyes? [Outro] New face, old sorrow. New name, same sea. He became another man To learn who he used to be.
