Mother's Warning

I spent my life looking
at an empty mirror
I didn't know what
I was supposed to be looking for
I started looking for answers
in all the wrong places
Spent many a night, drunk and wasted
Chorus
I was told that the grass
was greener on the other side
but it was all lies, it was all lies
I thought I knew it all
I thought my hallucinations, were holy visions
It was only after another night, spent in the gutter
that my tide began to turn
Chorus
I was told that the grass
was greener on the other side
but it was all lies, it was all lies
It was my tears, that helped me see clearly
and my mother's words of warning
that came back, to haunt me
shamefully for me, it was too late
I love you, but I don't like you
I love you, but I don't like you
Chorus
I was told that the grass
was greener on the other side
but it was all lies, it was all lies
I'd laughed in her face
as she'd tried to warn me
told me I was on the road to ruin
but I'd just carried on
now her words pronged me, like the devil's fork
Chorus
I was told that the grass
was greener on the other side
but it was all lies, it was all lies
Chorus
I was told that the grass
was greener on the other side
but it was all lies, it was all lies
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My favorite line here is "I love you, but I don't like you". that hits hard.
Might be just me, but the "grass is greener" line doesn't work as well for me because I'm not sure where you were, and what the greener grass was/looked like. I guess it's implied that its booze and bad living, but maybe something could be added at line 3, and the chorus is short enough currently to allow it be expanded.
I like the "empty mirror" line
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Ok Owen, looking back I think, that I had the same thought in the back of my mind about the greener grass line
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Wow, this one hits deep0
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I thought my hallucinations, were holy visions
great line
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