The Mirror - Prologue

It is a dark humid rainy night, the moon is hidden under thick pillows of clouds. Light is so dim as it comes from lonely lamps on the walls of the houses scattered around the street. Everything is dark around, except for a thin line of red lights that appear to have one end at the beginning of the street; and another end that goes far out of vision. It is silent. Nothing breaks the deafening silence of the night but the sound of heavy rain drops smashing everywhere on soil. The road is wet, tricky and slippery. From that far end of the road, where light ceases to exist, a speeding car slides into the darkness. Tires scream on the wet tarmac like a scary old hag. The car returns on course again; cutting through the darkness with its powerful headlights. It drives on.

Inside the car is a young man. His looks invisible but for some blue light on his dashboard. Only a dark confused face an eye could recognize of him. He looks with a sharp eye to his right-side mirror... He can see nothing, it is black. He turns to look at his left-side mirror, he can see nothing but darkness. Then he looks to his main mirror... It is all black. He turns the sound his CD player a little bit on. "Welcome to my life" it sings. He hears a roaring sound, so he looks again in his mirror. It is like looking into a dark tank in a moonless night. Suddenly, a blinding xenon light shines from behind. It is like the sun is on his back seat. A big 4x4 car then takes a takes over from his left. He could hear the voice of its passengers laughing as it flies by.

He tries to relax.
"I was just looking through that mirror and they were not there..." He tells himself. "Everything is fake. Nothing is real. Truth has become so fake and vague to reflect on mirrors."

He looks to his left-side mirror again... He reads "Objects in this mirror look farther than they really are"... Everything is a lie.

The singer shouts again "Welcome to my life... Welcome to my life"

He looks at the CD player and says "Oh yeah... welcome to my life"

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Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like To be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life

Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life

No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like

Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life