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The Reflection

from The Figurant EP by The Figurant

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A synthesis of myths Greek and Victorian

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I love you
My love
When I first looked into your eyes
I knew what destiny was mine

Mama always told me
Never trust a pretty face
Well I must be the king of liars
Cause mine has every noble grace
My reflection
Is perfection
I wouldn’t wanna be
With anyone but me

There is no cup more pleasing
No other name to which I bend
Your world is pale and fleeting
Eternally I shine undimmed

Beauty
Is all I can see
Every perfection is reflected in me
Flawless
Without stain a sign
That I demand worship for I am
Divine

What should I care for virtue?
What goodness is there but my own?
What should I care for the truth?
What else exists that I should know?

You will not bring an end to
This my transfiguration
I am a god ascendant
I will outshine the heavens
I’ll bathe my hands in your blood
You will not tell me who to be
My marble skin is untouched
By these the scarlet tears you weep

No womb could contain this greatness
Uncreated I remain alone
Without equal without obligation
Your meaningless lives are mine to dispose

Beauty
With wrath of the beast
These are the politics of identity
Flawless
None can compare
Look on my countenance ye and
Despair

I did it all for love
What have I become?
I am not a monster
I am my own deepest dream

I go running to the forest
Back to where this all began
I kneel down beside the waters
And with longing I look in
But what I see now
Is not what once was
What is this cruel joke?
Who is this twisted fiend?

Beauty
Or am I the Beast?
Is this nightmare or prophecy?
Flawless
Or am I depraved?
I see my reflection and I am
Afraid

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from The Figurant EP, released February 22, 2016

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