Lyrics

[Intro | clean guitar | light chorus effect | distant vocal | melancholic]
It grows and grows... this anger...
It builds and builds... this anger...

[Verse 1 | male vocal | low baritone | tired delivery | slight rasp]
Can't you see what you've done to me?
Can't you go away and let me be?

[Pre-Chorus | rising tension | layered harmonies | subtle distortion]
This is your fault...
This is your fault...

[Chorus | heavy grunge guitars | melodic anguish | dual vocal harmony]
This is your fault!
Don't look back at me!
This is your fault!
You always do this!
This is your fault!
Now don't you see?

[Verse 2 | stripped back | bass forward | intimate tone]
May your days be few... you deserve it...
May your children be fatherless... you deserve it...
May your wife be a widow... you deserve it...

[Chorus | full band | thick distortion | harmony lead + backing vocal]
I hate the man in the mirror!
The man in the mirror!

[Breakdown | minimal drums | droning guitar | introspective]
Yeah... that's me...
The hated in the mirror...
The angry in the mirror...

[Verse 3 | spoken to strained vocal | unstable pacing]
Angry at the world...
Angry at you...
Angry at me...

[Anguished Shout | peak distortion]
FUCKING LET ME BE!!!

[Solo | grunge guitar solo | feedback bends | raw tone]

[Bridge | quiet-loud dynamic | clean to distorted swell | emotional crack]
It grows and grows... this anger...
It builds and builds... this anger...

Can't you see what you've done to you?
Why can't I go away and let me be?

[Outro | soft vocal | fading guitar | hollow tone]
No you can't...
My shadow is stuck to me...

[Final Chorus | emotional peak | layered harmonies | strained vocal]
Lord help me...
The angry in the mirror...
Lord help me...
The hated in the mirror...
The angry in the mirror...

LORD HELP THE ANGRY IN THE MIRROR!

[End | fading feedback | amp hum | ambient noise]