Reflection

Last Friday was my friend's birthday, but she will be celebrate it next Sunday. -She was my school and my close friend in the first year of junior high, then she went overseas to learn language and she got back home half a year ago- I got the honor to sing at the end of the program. This afternoon, I went to her house -after three years- to choose the song I am going to sing. At first, I felt awkward. But then, she really treated me like the old days and I felt very happy that I could be open to her.

After some time we searched for the song -and chatting, and sharing about our lifes-, at last we found the song! The song which I know -well, even though I love music, I just know a few songs- and she likes. Then we searched for the instrumental music of that song and the lyrics. I listened to the real song a few times while reading the lyrics, then started to sing with the instrumental music.

The more I sang, the more I am deeply into the lyrics. It is like, the lyrics showed the expressions of... me. I believe most of you already know the song, it is very popular for its movie: Mulan.

Reflection by Christina Aguilera

Look at me

You may think you see

Who I really am

But you'll never know me

Every day

It's as if I play a part

Now I see

If I wear a mask

I can fool the world

But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?

I am now

In a world where I

Have to hide my heart

And what I believe in

But somehow

I will show the world

What's inside my heart

And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

Why is my reflection

Someone I don't know?

Must I pretend that I'm

Someone else for all time?

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?

There's a heart that must be

Free to fly

That burns with a need to know

The reason why

Why must we all conceal

What we think, how we feel?

Must there be a secret me

I'm forced to hide?

I won't pretend that I'm

Someone else for all time

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?