The Mask and the Mirror

How long have I been
Stumbling over faults in this
City built of shame
How long will I be
Here in this maze, when there’s
No way in, no way out, and
No one to blame

So there’s the mask and there’s the mirror
They ask you to tell them what you see
You want to ask, could you make it any clearer
But the thing you want me to see is
So far from being me.

I traveled far across the plain of uncertainty
And found myself right back where I’d been
I’m tied to a rubber band, the farther I fly
The faster you can reel me back again.

How long have I been here
Stumbling over everyone’s faults in this
City built out of pure shame
How long will I be kept here
Here in this maze, when there’s
No way in, no way out, and
No one here to blame

But it takes more than that to contain me
Not the psychological repetition they drill
They’re going to have to try to physically restrain me
Because they’ll find it’s very hard to crack my will.

But even if I were to leave this paradox
I don’t know if there’s anywhere I’d go
I’ve spent my whole life here behind the iron locks
And though I learn, there’s nothing here
Nothing here to know.

How long have I been here
Stumbling over people’s faults in this
City built out of pure shame
How much longer will I be here
In this rat maze, when there’s
No way in, no way out and
No one here to blame.

How long have I been here, blindly
Stumbling over faults in this
City built of pure shame
How much longer will I be here, would you kindly
Find a key, because there must be
Some way in, some way out,
And somebody to blame.