The Man in the Mirror Is My Father | Heavy Blues Rock

[Verse 1] I caught myself this morning Standing underneath that bathroom light Same lines around the eyes now Same way he would hold his jaw too tight I used to watch him leave for work Before the sun came through the blinds Never understood that silence Now I wear it all the time [Pre-Chorus] I swore I'd never live that way Never carry all that weight Then I looked up at the glass And saw the years upon my face [Chorus] The man in the mirror is my father Same tired eyes looking back at me I spent half my life running from him Now I know what I couldn't see He wasn't made of stone He was holding up a home The man in the mirror is my father And I'm finally old enough to know [Verse 2] He missed a couple ball games Worked Saturdays when money got tight I thought he chose the job before us I never asked him why Now I've got bills across the table And a kid asleep down the hall Some nights I sit there in the kitchen Trying not to let them see me fall [Pre-Chorus] Maybe he was scared like me Maybe he just hid it well Maybe every time he said, "I'm fine" There was something he couldn't tell [Chorus] The man in the mirror is my father Same tired eyes looking back at me I spent half my life running from him Now I know what I couldn't see He wasn't made of stone He was holding up a home The man in the mirror is my father And I'm finally old enough to know [Instrumental] [Expressive guitar solo begins with slow bends and space, then builds into fast legato, alternate picking and twin-guitar harmony] [Bridge] [Half-time floor tom, bass and voice] I wish I'd asked him more Before the years got in the way What kept him up at midnight What he wanted but never got to chase I thought growing up meant leaving Everything he was behind Now I hear him in my answers And I see him in my eyes [Final Chorus] The man in the mirror is my father But I don't turn away this time I see more than all the hard years I see the love he kept inside He wasn't made of stone He was doing what he knew The man in the mirror is my father And I finally understand you The man in the mirror is my father And tonight I'm proud it's true [Outro] [Five-note guitar riff returns] I understand you now. [Hard final chord]