Mother is not just a Danzig song

In the mirror
I am your image
In my heart
You are not reflected

She doesn't resemble you
On the surface
But your hollow heart
Washed her over too many years
To avoid staining
The way she sees everything
That high pitched voice
In her head
Even when
You're not around
She's still fighting
To figure out for herself

That we are all
Just props and costumes
The world is a play
That's all about you
It's a one man show...

To save myself
From your grim reaper
I filled up the empty
Ocean between us
Plunged my disappointment
To drown in
The waters you're too
Afraid to swim
There is nothing left here
But the skeletal remains
Of pretending
I still love you

Where we are all
Just props and costumes
The world is a play
That's all about you
It's a one man show...

Smile for the camera
Saying cheese
With all your rotted teeth
Yet to learn
That your child is not
Your competitor
And I am not your
Public shame
You put the way it looks
On the outside
Above the way it is
At the heart

I tried to tell her in
My random failure code
But I didn't do enough
To overcome
The years and days
Of your compulsive destruction

Where we are all
Just props and costumes
The world is a play
That's all about you
It's a one man show...
The world is your
One man show...mother