The hooker in the mirror, red lipstick all over her face Staring hopelessly while losing count of her regrets When daddy made her woman and nothing’s ever been the same Waiting all these years for someone to relieve the blame Rich woman in the mirror, perfect makeup on her face Questioning that something missing from her silver cage A priceless golden bracelet making up for empty soul An everlasting longing for someone real at the door The questions always rising, the answers never fall The sense in senseless lives, the chasers of a lure Spinning around the bulb of life like butterflies Pursuit of happiness, the fear of loneliness You never break the pattern, you foolish Freudian clown He died for all our sins, but I still wear the thorny crown Considering the world, it doesn’t look like love has won We are anguished butterflies converting fluttering to reason Frozen and detached, the hooker gratifies the man The rich woman enrolled her broken heart in charities Self-delusion is sweet, healing wounds, taking care But the blame is still there every night, everywhere The cage door is open but I won’t fly Gloom and routine are safer for now Outside of blame nothing’s foregone And I’m scared of The questions always rising, the answers never fall The sense in senseless lives, the chasers of a lure Spinning around the bulb of life like butterflies Pursuit of happiness, the fear of loneliness It’s round, so wrong and round This vicious cycle, we never break out You never break the pattern, you foolish Freudian clown He died for all our sins, but I still wear the thorny crown I’m squirming on the ground to shake away the blame To go back to the baby I was and ease his pain Am I strong enough to love him? To show him a new life? Assure him he is safe now as they turn off the lights? And can I come again from time to time to watch him sleep? On her day off the hooker goes down to the beach Sun is rising, the waves gently cover her feet A rich woman, white dress, strolls along the shore Seagulls cry, flying over the calm blue sea