Ben Watt - The Heart Is A Mirror lyrics

Miles of flattened trees And the river serpentine Ribbons of wild geese Above the cedars and the pines You can travel to escape yourself But the fact is you still take yourself Feathered hopes and blackened suns At every twist and every turn Always set on high alert Thinking that you will get hurt When so much of love Is so neutral and so misread Wound up like a coiled spring Will jump off at anything But must of the stuff is just Happening in our own head Oh, the heart is a mirror Where it's easy just to see yourself Yeah, the heart is a mirror Where it's easy just to see yourself Rachel's friend he lost his job And now his wife earns everything So he cooks the food and he bathes the kids And for the bedtime the songs he's learned to sing But there's one thing he doesn't get He sees his wife as a threat When most of her love is so neutral And so misread He shouts and he disagrees He can't allow her any victories But most of the stuff is just happening In his own head Oh, the heart is a mirror Where it's easy just to see your own face Yeah, the heart is a mirror Where it's easy just to see your own face So come on my heart Where do we start? Are you that easy to outsmart? My stupid heart Why so foolish and why so weak? And where did you get the selfish streak? See the bad in everyone Who are you trying to outrun? Always set on high alert Thinking that you will get hurt When so much of her love Is so neutral and so misread Open up your arms tonight Open up and hold her tight Because must of the stuff is just happening In your own head Oh, the heart is a mirror Where it's easy just to see yourself Yeah, the heart is a mirror Where it's easy just to see yourself Oh, the heart is a mirror Oh, the heart So open your arms tonight Yeah, open your arms tonight