The Heart Is A Mirror Lyrics - Hendra - Ben Watt

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