Name: Reflections
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: There isn't much in the way of hidden meaning with this song. It's fairly straight to the point. It's a song that's about social anxiety. The difficulty of knowing who you really are and being able to see it, but not being able to show yourself as you are.

Reflections

from In through the grey night by Julian Arbaugh

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There isn't much in the way of hidden meaning with this song. It's fairly straight to the point. It's a song that's about social anxiety. The difficulty of knowing who you really are and being able to see it, but not being able to show yourself as you are.

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Ever there's a reason
to make yourself a believer
but you can't bring yourself
to say it out loud.
You know it in your heart
that you make it all dark
and you dress yourself for winter
when it's summer outside.
The love that you feel
is a very real fear
to let someone in
who might tear it down.

Reflections show
what we all know
and the truth inside
are hidden by lies.

Ever there's a season
to change your direction
but you can't find your way
from your front door.
You know it in your mind
that you're running out of time
and the face you show
is a safe place to hide.
Deep in your soul
a dark place to go
and you hold it all in
and hope you survive.

Reflections show
what we all know
and the truth inside
are hidden by lies

Ever there's a symptom
of your condition
but you don't want
any cure
All that you know
was put on for show
and all we've ever seen
was a disguise.
Reflections show
what we all know
the truth inside
was hidden by lies.

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from In through the grey night, released May 2, 2021

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