Reflections - Cliff Richard

Last night I had a dream

Through a swirling fog I walked along on the edge of a stream

I heard somebody groan

I stopped, looked into a pool

And I saw the reflection of a fool

I saw the reflection of a fool

Dragging him by his throat

Were the collar and the links of a chain

On his shoulders a coat

On his feet shoes of pain

The coat was strife

The chain was pride

I saw the reflection, and I cried

I saw the reflection, and I cried

Tears for myself a fool

A man chained by independence

Gripped by despair so cruel

My life was a lot of nonsense

My eyes were closed but in my mind

I saw the reflection so unkind

I saw the reflection so unkind

Sick of life, scared of death

My days just one long futility

Feeling my emptiness, I cried «God set me free»

I looked once more, I don’t know how

But I saw the reflection changing now

I saw the reflection changing now

A man was in my place

A man with holes in his hands and side

A man I could not face

The man I had crucified

On him was my coat

My chains and my shoes

And between reflections I must choose

Between reflections I must choose