Man in the Mirror v1.0

Lyrics - not recognising the man in the mirror...

I'm the man in the mirror,
An image of an image
Staring back at me,
It couldn't be no clearer,
I no longer know,
The person that I see.

Younger once, just starting out,
Now I look and have to doubt,
What’s happened ‘tween now and then.

The years etched hard, round my eyes,
Mark each time I’ve laughed, or cried,
But I don’t know, I grew old, when?

Oh image of an image,
Staring back at me,
Why can't I see,
The man I used to be.

Memories flicker, confusion grows,
Like shadows dancing, ebbing, flows,
Fragments of a life once bright.

Dimmed ‘til I can’t see,
The man I used to be,
Blurred and faded from my sight.

So who am I beneath this skin?
The stories told, or the paths I've trod,
A stranger's face, yet somehow mine,
A lifelong race, made this façade.

But no matter how hard I try,
I still can’t see,
In this image of an image,
The man I used to be.

The man,
The man I used to be.

In this image of an image,
The man I used to be.

Some AI attempts at accompaniment if you want to listen to what it might be like:

Option B's not too bad, if you ignore the additional refrain: https://lyricsintosong.com/play_music/26678a00ccc2ffd80639f8fabb49de96?utm_sourc...

Again, B: https://lyricsintosong.com/play_music/9cc9aaeb31abbfe9f02ccfcb3aff3f21?utm_sourc...