Looking in the Mirror
Reflections of Love Lost: David Allan Coe's Soulful Mirror Gaze
Lyrics
Looking in the mirror
Reflecting on oneself in the mirror
Must be harder than you thought
Realizing it's more challenging than expected
Truth is not a pretty sight to see
Acknowledging that the truth can be unpleasant
Cheatin' ain't worth cheatin' honey
Affirming that dishonesty isn't worthwhile, especially when discovered
When you're gettin' caught
Highlighting the consequences of cheating
Lovin' him while losin' you and me
Expressing the difficulty of loving someone else while losing oneself and the partner
Maybe I was foolish
Admitting to possible foolishness
Sometimes dreamers often are
Recognizing that dreamers can be naive
I believed that you believed in me
Believing in the partner's belief in the speaker
Standing in love's quick sand honey
Describing love as a challenging and risky situation
Reaching for a star
Striving for something seemingly unattainable
Looking for your love to set me free
Seeking love to bring liberation
I've seen all the dreams
Experiencing dreams collapsing
I ever thought was coming true
Realizing previously hopeful dreams are shattered
Shattered like a mirror in your hall
Comparing the broken dreams to a shattered mirror
Leaving your reflection like a four letter word
Describing love as a four-letter word, implying negativity
Fading quickly from some bathroom wall
Seeing love fading away like graffiti on a bathroom wall
Trying to understand love
Expressing the difficulty of understanding love
Is the hardest part of all
Stating that understanding love is the most challenging aspect
Does it really matter whose to blame
Questioning the significance of assigning blame in love
Once I called you honey
Recalling a time when affectionate names were exchanged
Now I never call at all
Not receiving calls anymore, indicating a strained relationship
Knowing you could only call me names
Acknowledging hurtful language from the partner
Seeing it was over
Realizing the relationship is over
Did not mean that you could go
Understanding that the end of the relationship doesn't grant freedom from emotional pain
Leaving me the pleasure of the pain
Enduring the emotional pain left behind
Trusting someone else will be
Believing that trusting someone else will bring a more difficult experience
A harder row to hoe
Acknowledging that future love won't be easier
Lovin' won't be easier again
Expressing the enduring challenges of love
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