Lyricist:Elowen
Composer:Elowen
Producer:Elowen
Sink into the glass again
Same eyes
Same jawline
But you ain’t here
Every morning, same routine
Tap the faucet, watch it bleed
Steam climbing up the frame
Like it’s trying to hide my genes
Your nose on my tired face
Your shadow in my cheekbones
You live in my reflection
But real life, you never show
Lip curls like a habit
That I never chose to learn
Got your laugh without the stories
Got your stare without your words
People say,"You’re just like him"
Then they walk off, change the tone
Leave me holding all your features
With a history I don’t own
I see you
When I’m looking back at me
Every line, every angle
Is a stranger that I meet
You’re the frame
Round a picture I can’t see
I wear your face like a question
Why you never wore me?
Barbershop, they point it out
"Boy, your pops was just like this"
I’m nodding like I knew you
But I’m guessing in the midst
Caught your posture in a photo
Folded, faded, halfway torn
Same slouch in my shoulders
Same way that I look worn
Ma says you had restless hands
Mine can’t ever stay still
Maybe that’s why I’m reaching
For a man that never will
Digging through the medicine cabinet
For a cure that don’t exist
Only find your chin in my chin
And your absence in my fists
I see you
When I’m looking back at me
Every line, every angle
Is a stranger that I meet
You’re the frame
Round a picture I can’t see
I wear your face like a question
Why you never wore me?
If I scrape you from my skin
Who’s left under all this bone?
If these eyes belong to you
Can they ever be my own?
If you’re written in his skin
But his story’s never told
Can you grow beyond his outline?
Can you be your self in full?