Through Glass by Stone Sour expresses vocalist Corey Taylors disillusionment with the music industry and its superficiality, highlighting the disconnect between genuine art and its mass consumption.
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I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has passed
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Oh God, it feels like forever But no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Sitting all alone inside your head
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Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has passed
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All I know is that it feels like forever But no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Sitting all alone inside your head
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How do you feel?
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That is the question
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But I forget You don't expect an easy answer
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When something like a soul
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Becomes initialized
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And folded up like paper dolls and little notes You can't expect the bitter folks
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And while you're outside looking in
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Describing what you see
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Remember what you're staring at is me
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Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has past
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All I know is that it feels like forever And no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Sitting all alone inside your head
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How much is real?
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So much to question
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An epidemic of the mannequins Contaminating everything
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we thought came from the heart
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It never did, right from the start
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Just listen to the noises (Null and void instead of voices)
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Before you tell yourself
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It's just a different scene
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Remember it's just different from what you've seen
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I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has passed
Em
All I know is that it feels like forever But no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Em
Sitting all alone inside your head
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Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has passed
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All I know is that it feels like forever And no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Sitting all alone inside your head
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And it's the stars...the stars...that shine for you
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And it's the stars...the stars...that lie to you, yeah yeah
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And it's the stars...the stars...that shine for you
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And it's the stars...the stars...that lie to you, yeah yeah
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I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has passed
Em
Oh God, it feels like forever But no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Em
Sitting all alone inside your head
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Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
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Don't know how much time has passed
Em
All I know is that it feels like forever But no one ever tells you
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That forever feels like home
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Sitting all alone inside your head
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And it's the stars...the stars...that shine for you, yeah yeah
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And it's the stars...the stars...that lie to you, yeah yeah
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And it's the stars...the stars...that shine for you, yeah yeah
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And it's the stars...the stars...that lie to you, yeah yeah
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Oh, when the stars... Oh, when the stars...they lie