Midnight Mirror

[Verse 1] There's a mirror in the hallway that I never used to face Hung there by my mama in a frame of silver lace But one night after midnight, couldn't sleep and couldn't pray I stood before that mirror and I didn't look away [Verse 2] I saw the lines of worry and the gray around my eyes I saw the man who told himself a thousand little lies I saw the times I failed and the times I wasn't kind And every single ghost I'd been carryin' behind [Chorus] Midnight mirror, tell me what you see Is it the man I am or the man I'm meant to be Paul Hesch is standin' in the dark and in the light Midnight mirror, show me true tonight [Verse 3] Then somethin' started shiftin' in the glass before me there I saw a little softness, I saw a little care I saw the man who showed up when his friends were in a bind I saw the heart still beatin' underneath it all, so kind [Chorus] Midnight mirror, tell me what you see Is it the man I am or the man I'm meant to be Paul Hesch is standin' in the dark and in the light Midnight mirror, show me true tonight [Verse 4] See, the mirror don't just show you what you're hidin' from the world It shows you every color, every thread that's tightly curled The shadow and the sunshine, the sinner and the saint The whole unfinished picture that the Maker's tryin' to paint [Verse 5] So I still go to that mirror on the nights I'm feelin' lost And I look at every corner and I count up every cost And I tell the man I see there, brother, you're alright You're a work that's still in progress in the middle of the night [Chorus] Midnight mirror, tell me what you see Is it the man I am or the man I'm meant to be Paul Hesch is standin' in the dark and in the light Midnight mirror, show me true tonight