(EN) The Alter Ego (Mirror Has Two Sides)

(EN) The Alter Ego (Mirror Has Two Sides)

Намудрил, нахрипел, набренчал, Суня сделала всё остальное.


I lock the door, hiding from my other me!
But we both know the code by heart!
My alter ego lives in my mind like a king,
Turning my good days dark!

He gives me a bright morning dream,
But drags me back to a nightmare haze.
He shaves my cheeks, smooths my skin,
And finds new wrinkles cut deep in!

He wears my face! I see him in the glass!
I swear, we even trade the blame!
My weary mind yells, "Run for your life!"
My alter ego orders, "Stay!"

A mirror has two sides (two sides),
One shines, one bites
I'm my own friend!
I'm my own fights!

A mirror has two sides (two sides)
One loves, one lies!
Sometimes I'm a handsome guy!
Sometimes I'm an old man in the lights!

He takes my words and sharpens them,
Then hands them poisoned back to me.
I know his tricks, I know his laugh,
I know his treachery and loyalty!

He patches me up when I fall apart!
He begs to sit and kicks the chair away!
His caring hands that hold me up,
Can then leave me in the cold and gray!

He wears my face! I see him in the glass!
I swear, we even trade the blame!
My weary mind yells, "Run for your life!"
My alter ego orders, "Stay!"

A mirror has two sides (two sides),
One shines, one bites!
I'm my own friend!
I'm my own fights!

A mirror has two sides (two sides),
One loves, one lies!
Sometimes I'm a handsome guy!
Sometimes I'm an old man in the lights!

I don't need to be a hero with a changing face!
If I name you, bro, do you fade?
If I forgive you, bro, do I split?
I need a mental truce in it!

So take my hand (take my hand!),
Or let me take yours back!
We can be the wound and the balm
On the same henotic track!

A mirror has two sides (two sides),
One shines, one bites!
I'm my own friend!
I'm my own fights!

A mirror has two sides (two sides),
One loves, one lies!
Sometimes I'm a handsome guy!
Sometimes I'm an old man in the lights!

A mirror has two sides (two sides)
One shines, one bites!
I'm my own friend!
I'm my own fights!

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