- Michael Sutton, All Music Guide
Personally, the greatest mystery about The Original Mirrors, as far as i'm concernced, is, why oh why oh why wasn't 'Sharp Words' the first single off the LP...??? an absolute pop classic...!!!
answers on a postcard kids...
Reflections
Original Mirrors Lyrics
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Time after time
I see reflections of you and me
Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me
Oh, I'm all alone now
No love to shield me
Trapped in a world
That's a distorted reality
Happiness you took from me
And left me all alone
With only memories
Through the mirror of my mind
Through all these tears that I'm crying
Reflects a hurt I can't control
Although you're gone
I keep holding on
To those happy times
Oh, girl when you were mine
As I peer through the windows
Of lost time
Keeping looking over my yesterdays
And all the love I gave all in vain
(All the love) All the love
That I've wasted
(All the tears) All the tears
That I've tasted
All in vain
Through the hollow of my tears
I see a dream that's lost
From the hurt baby
That you have caused
Everywhere I turn
Seems like everything I see
Reflects a hurt I can't control
In you I put
All my hope and trust
Right before my eyes
My whole world has turned to dust
Reflections of
The love you took from
Reflections of
The way life used to be
In you I put
All my hope and trust
Right before my eyes
My whole world has turned to dust
Now baby, why did you do it?
Reflections
in this song is about the pain and heartbreak of lost love. The singer is tortured by memories of a past relationship every time he looks in the mirror. He sees reflections of himself and his former lover, as well as reflections of the happiness and love that used to exist between them, but is no more. The singer feels alone and trapped in a distorted reality, mourning the happiness his lover took from him and left him with nothing but memories.
The singer is unable to find closure and move on, as he continues to hold onto the happy times from when they were together. He looks back on his yesterdays and all the love he gave in vain. He is haunted by the hurt and only sees reflections of pain and heartbreak everywhere he turns. The singer trusted his former lover with everything, but now his world has turned to dust.
In summary, Reflections is about the pain of a love lost and the aftermath of heartbreak. The singer is left with nothing but memories of the love and happiness they shared, now trapped in a distorted reality still holding onto those moments.
Line by Line Meaning
Through the mirror of my mind
Looking back in my memories
Time after time
Repeatedly
I see reflections of you and me
I see us together in my memories
Reflections of
Memories of
The way life used to be
How life was before
Reflections of
Memories of
The love you took from me
Our love that you took away
Oh, I'm all alone now
I am now alone
No love to shield me
Without love for protection
Trapped in a world
Stuck in a distorted reality
That's a distorted reality
A world that is not real
Happiness you took from me
You took away my happiness
And left me all alone
And now I am alone
With only memories
Only with memories left
Through the mirror of my mind
Looking back in my memories
Through all these tears that I'm crying
Despite all the tears I cry
Reflects a hurt I can't control
I am hurt and cannot stop feeling it
Although you're gone
Even though you left
I keep holding on
I cannot let go
To those happy times
To the memories of our happy times together
Oh, girl when you were mine
When you used to belong to me
As I peer through the windows
Looking back through the past
Of lost time
Of time that is gone
Keeping looking over my yesterdays
Continuing to revisit my past
And all the love I gave all in vain
All the love I gave that felt pointless
(All the love) All the love
All the love
(All the tears) All the tears
All the tears
That I've wasted
That I have put to waste
Through the hollow of my tears
Through the tears I shed
I see a dream that's lost
I see a lost dream
From the hurt baby
Because of the pain, my dear
That you have caused
That you brought upon me
Everywhere I turn
No matter where I look
Seems like everything I see
Everything I see
Reflects a hurt I can't control
Reflects how I am hurting and can't make it stop
In you I put
I had hope and trust in you
All my hope and trust
All of my hope and trust
Right before my eyes
In front of me
My whole world has turned to dust
My world has fallen apart
Now baby, why did you do it?
Why did you take all of this from me?
Reflections
Memories
Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Edward Jr. Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Perry Cassidy
Top band, used to go and see them a lot in my youth as they were fantastic live. Great version of this classic too. Should have been bigger than they were!
frankie white
It baffles how they never made it big, one of the best bands to come out of Liverpool at the time
andrea22213
OMG! You've spoiled it all for me. Yuecccccjh!!!!!!!!!Liverpool? Shiiiiiiit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isabelle Guilmin
so good and unknow what a mistake in musical story
Tony Corrigan
Great track and still one of the best albums I've ever heard, great live too !! Thanks.
TooMany Instructions
I was living in Melbourne at this time playing in a band doing support gigs with INXS ... hanging around with art students... and I loved these guys... took the album to all the partys
longlive6487
One of my top ten Albums from the 80`s Longlive Original Mirrors.
Hervé B
Pareil!
cal kal
one of the kids in my class in alty boys had the album on tape which was on play in the common room a lot, bought a copy of the album myself, still sounds fresh now,prefer this version to the motown version, the hatred you get from rejection and loss of love really comes out in this version.
superbertje63
one of my first albums,....great expression in his voice,...