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Old 20-04-2018, 11:10
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Ok, My transcription of Mirror Gaze, and official lyrics from Japanese inlay for comparison, because I don't think they are the same(!!) Would welcome anyone else's input who has access to the track, but I think I’m pretty confident with the following:

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My transcription, as far as I can tell:

Mirror Gaze

I’ve made some sense of emptiness
I've learnt to love me less and less
I finally let go of my weaker self
I made the crash and I made the wreck
I've got no time to stand and correct
‘Cause everybody hurts
Like the wise man said

I built the rod
For my own back
I got the monkey
Sitting on my neck

Beyond all this
Oblivion runs
Beyond all this
There lies a place for us
Beyond all this
There lies another way

Beyond all this
Oblivion runs
Beyond all this
There lies a place for us
Beyond my eyes
There is a mirror gaze

Only in a poem do you find some truth
The fiction is merely a hiding place
The mirror’s my enemy
The shadows are my friend

I’ve made some sense of emptiness
I've learnt to love me less and less
I finally let go of my weaker self

I built the rod
For my own back
I got the monkey
Sitting on my neck

Beyond all this
Oblivion runs
Beyond all this
There lies a place for us
Beyond all this
There lies another way

Beyond all this
Oblivion runs
Beyond all this
There lies a place for us
Beyond my eyes
There is a mirror gaze

There lies another way
There lies another way

Beyond all this
Oblivion runs
Beyond all this
There lies a place for us
Beyond all this
There lies another way

Beyond all this
Oblivion runs
Beyond all this
There lies a place for us
Beyond all this
There lies another way

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and now the official printed lyrics… such as they are… !
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Mirror Gaze

I made some sense of emptiness
I've learnt to love me less and less
I've finally let go of my weaker self
I made the crash and I made the wreck
I've got no time to stand and correct
Cause everybody hurts
Like the wise man said

I felt that I brought it
Down on my head
I got the monkey
sitting on my bed

The end of this
I believe you’re wrong
The end of this
There lies a place for us
The end of this
There lies another way

The end of this
I believe you’re wrong
The end of this
There lies a place for us
Beyond my eyes
There meets a mirror gaze

Only in a poem do you find some truth
The fiction was really a hiding place
Then it was my enemy
The shadows are my friends

I make some sense of emptiness
I’ve learnt to love me less and less
I finally let go of my weaker self

I felt that I brought (it)
Down on my head
I got the monkey
sitting on my bed

The end of this
I believe you’re wrong
The end of this
There lies a place for us
Beyond my eyes
There lies another way

The end of this
I believe you’re wrong
The end of this
There lies a place for us
Beyond my eyes
There meets a mirror gaze

(There) lies another way
(there) lies another way

The end of this
I believe you’re wrong
The end of this
There lies a place for us
Beyond my eyes
There lies another way
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