It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
All of the wrong I've done
All of the mistakes that I've made
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
The mirror doesn't tell lies
Although it's truth, I despise
On its truth I can rely
Can't even face the mirror
And look into my own eyes
This may come as a surprise
But sometimes I see my own face
And my spirit just dies
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
All of the wrong I've done
All of the mistakes that I've made
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
Oh, I know in the by and by
I'll have the answers, I'll know why
Why the past just won't die
Its funk is fresh and makes me high
It chills my bones and makes me cry
I try to forget, I try and try
But sometimes I just think of my life
And my spirit just dies
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
All of the wrong I've done
All of the mistakes that I've made
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
I'm afraid to let others see me
Would they still have love for me
If they could see what the mirror shows me
Would they still have love for me
If they knew all I'd said and done
If they knew all the places I'd been
If they knew the way that I've lived
What I've been tied up and tangled up in
Would they still have love for me
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
All of the wrong I've done
All of the mistakes that I've made
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
Oh, if I could only keep that closet hidden
The one with my skeletons in it
Oh, if it were only in some desolate place
Far beyond the reach of man
But there is no distance between
That place it's hidden and the depths of my memory
Those bones resurface everyday in my life
In some way, shape or form
They always cause me strife
And pain and fear
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid
All of the wrong I've done
All of the mistakes that I've made
It's when I see myself
That I am most afraid