Girl In The Mirror – English Lyrics

• By: Cheryl
• Album: A Million Lights

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You can always sense (with me)

When things ain't (quite right)

I barely speak (I can't seem)

To sit still (tight)

There's many things (that run n pass)

Through my (mind)

It's hard to show (when you're)

The only one (with your eyes)

Life expects me (to be strong)

Doesn't always mean (I've got to)

Sing that song (need to take it)

Easy on yourself (I need to take it)

(Easy on myself)

I've been picking lil fights (with the)

Girl in the mirror (with the)

Girl in the mirror (stressing me)

(To be a woman)

Oh I don't need this (today)

I don't know quite (what to say)

(To the girl in the mirror)

I've been picking lil fights (with the)

Girl in the mirror (with the)

Girl in the mirror (mirror)

Mirror (mirror)

Picking lil fights (with the)

Girl in the mirror (with the)

Girl in the mirror (mirror)

Mirror (mirror)

Take this time (to think)

(things out right)

Coz when I'm weak (all I seem)

To do is fight

There's many ways that (I could say)

I'm not fine (instead I hold it back)

With water filling (my eyes)

Life expects me (to be strong)

Doesn't always mean (I've got to)

Sing that song (need to take it)

Easy on yourself (I need to take it)

(Easy on myself)

I've been picking lil fights (with the)

Girl in the mirror (with the)

Girl in the mirror (stressing me)

(To be a woman)

Oh I don't need this (today)

I don't know quite (what to say)

(To the girl in the mirror)

I've been picking lil fights (with the)

Girl in the mirror (with the)

Girl in the mirror (mirror)

Mirror (mirror)

Picking lil fights (with the)

Girl in the mirror (with the)

...

Girl in the mirror (mirror)

...

Mirror (mirror)

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mirror /ˈmɪr·ər/ A2	noun - a reflective surface that forms an image verb - to reflect an image; to show a likeness
girl /ɡɜːl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to engage in a physical or verbal struggle noun - a violent confrontation or struggle
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks and feels
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual or living thing
strong /strɒŋ/ A2	adjective - having great physical or mental power
weak /wiːk/ A2	adjective - lacking physical strength or mental firmness
expect /ɪkˈspekt/ B2	verb - to regard something as likely to happen
stress /stres/ B2	noun - a state of mental or emotional strain verb - to emphasize or give special importance to
sense /sɛns/ B1	verb - to perceive or become aware of something noun - a feeling that something is true or exists
speak /spiːk/ A2	verb - to say words in order to communicate
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - to produce musical sounds with the voice
water /ˈwɔː.tər/ A1	noun - the clear liquid that falls from the sky and fills rivers, lakes, etc.
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - the organs of sight
easy /ˈiː.zi/ A1	adjective - not difficult; requiring little effort
hard /hɑːrd/ A1	adjective - difficult to do or endure
pick /pɪk/ A2	verb - to choose or select from a group
self /self/ B1	noun - a person’s own identity or character
think /θɪŋk/ A2	verb - to have ideas or opinions in the mind

Key Grammar Structures

• You can always sense (with me)

  ➔ Modal verb 'can' indicating ability or possibility.

  ➔ The word "can" shows that the subject has the ability to "sense" something.

• It’s hard to show (when you’re) The only one (with your eyes)

  ➔ Infinitive 'to show' used after adjective 'hard' to describe difficulty.

  ➔ The phrase "to show" follows the adjective "hard", which is a common structure to express that something is difficult to do.

• Life expects me (to be strong)

  ➔ Verb 'expect' followed by object + infinitive ('me to be strong').

  ➔ The verb "expect" uses a structure where the object ('me') is followed by an infinitive ('to be strong') to indicate what is expected.

• Doesn't always mean (I've got to)

  ➔ Negative contraction 'doesn't' + base verb 'mean' indicating present simple negative statement.

  ➔ "Doesn't" is the contraction of 'does not'; it negates the verb 'mean' describing a present fact or opinion.

• I've been picking lil fights (with the) Girl in the mirror

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense 'I've been picking' showing ongoing/repeated past action affecting the present.

  ➔ The structure "I've been picking" indicates the action started in the past and has been continuing or repeating until now.

• Oh I don't need this (today)

  ➔ Negative form in present simple tense using contraction 'don't' + base verb 'need'.

  ➔ The contraction "don't" stands for "do not" and negates the verb "need" showing denial or refusal.

• I don't know quite (what to say)

  ➔ Indirect question with 'what to say' functioning as a noun phrase.

  ➔ The phrase "what to say" is an indirect question acting as the object of the verb "know".

• There's many ways that (I could say)

  ➔ Relative clause 'that I could say' modifying 'ways'.

  ➔ The relative clause "that I could say" gives more information about the noun "ways" by specifying which ways.