Reflections Lyrics
Where have you been?
Do you know when you're coming back?
'Cause since you've been gone
I've got along but I've been sad
I tried to put it out for you to get
Could've, should've but you never did
Wish you wanted it a little bit
More but it's a chore for you to give
Where have you been?
Do you know if you're coming back?
We were too close to the stars
I never knew somebody like you, somebody
Falling just as hard
I'd rather lose somebody than use somebody
Maybe it's a blessing in disguise (I see myself in you)
I see my reflection in your eyes
I know you're sick
Hoping you fix whatever's broken
Ignorant bliss
And a few sips might be the potion
I tried to put it out for you to get
Could've, should've but you never did
Wish you wanted in a little bit
More but it's a chore for you to give
Where have you been?
Do you know if you're coming back?
We were too close to the stars
I never knew somebody like you, somebody
Falling just as hard
I'd rather lose somebody than use somebody
Maybe it's a blessing in disguise (I see myself in you)
I see my reflection in your eyes (Tell me you see it too)
So close, so close
Yet so far away (So far)
I don't know (I don't)
How to be solo (No)
So don't go, oh, no, just stay
You and I were bright, shooting through the sky daily (Yeah)
Lighting up the night, wasn't always right, baby (Mhm)
Yeah, every time that we realign it's crazy
And you save me
We were too close to the stars
I never knew somebody like you, somebody
Falling just as hard
I'd rather lose somebody than use somebody
Maybe it's a blessing in disguise (I see myself in you)
I see my reflection in your eyes (I sold my soul for you, I know you see it too)
Yeah, I bought the same ones too
I know you're tired, I know you tried
Just say your point of view
Yeah, sick of all the poison in me
What did I do wrong for me, babe?
Uh, I see myself in you, I see myself in you, baby
I see myself in you, alright
I sold my soul for you
Maybe you should stick with us now

Here’s an interpretation: Essentially, this song is about one sided love that stems from things outside of actual love. I’ll refer to the person (lover/ex lover) that the narrator is singing to as ‘person 2’.
Let’s look at the first stanza:
Where have you been? Do you know when you're coming back? 'Cause since you've been gone I've got along but I've been sad
Clearly, we can see that the narrator mourns person 2’s emotional or even physical distance from him. This can mean that even when they see each other every day, it’s not the same as it used to be because person 2 simply isn’t themself. Their mind and heart is somewhere else. It can also mean that person 2 no longer sees him because of lack of interest or they want to avoid him. It is possible that the narrator has committed some irrevocable injustice against person 2 in the past, so they purposely distances themself to avoid getting hurt. Something of this nature is hinted later in the song.
I tried to put it out for you to get Could've, should've but you never did Wish you wanted it a little bit More but it's a chore for you to give
With this stanza, we can read the attitude of the narrator, which to be of one that wants things to go back to how they were before: raw and full of passion. He says he had put his whole heart out for person 2, but they never took it. He wishes that person 2 wanted him and would genuinely give their own heart to him, instead of it being a “chore”. He thinks that person 2 feels obligated to respond to the narrator, only because they feel bad, which goes along with the idea that their indifference to him is caused by waning interest.
Where have you been? Do you know if you're coming back?
When the narrator asks if person 2 knows when their coming back, he implies that he knows that they are making the conscious decision to continually leave him hanging. The narrator also further expresses his sickening desperation for person 2 by shamelessly asking for the next time he’ll see them.
Chorus: We were too close to the stars I never knew somebody like you, somebody Falling just as hard I'd rather lose somebody than use somebody Maybe it's a blessing in disguise (I sold my soul for you) I see my reflection in your eyes
Here, the narrator starts to say that he senses that the relationship he had with person 2 was too good to be true from the beginning (being “too close to the stars”). In the chorus, the narrator acknowledges his obsession with recreating happier times with person 2. He insists that he is still just as in love with them as he was from the start (“falling just as hard”) before claiming that he doesn’t intend on using person for his own benefit, meaning that he believes he truly cares about them. When the narrator says that ‘it’s a blessing in disguise’, he reflects on the idea that it may be good for him to acknowledge that person 2 no longer wants him even though he gave them everything. Rightly so, he sees his own reflection in their eyes because he realizes that he is really trying to attain a personal redemption by pursuing this dead relationship. He doesn’t see person 2 anymore, but rather his own weakness in his need for them.
Next stanza:
I know you're sick Hoping you fix whatever's broken Ignorant bliss And a few sips might be the potion
Now the narrator goes back to his thinking that person 2 needs to come back to him. When he says that person 2 is sick, this could imply that he had done something that hurt them or made them feel worse than they already were some time in the past. He, in his sick desperation, then suggests that person 2 should take drugs to forget about it and be happy with him again. This shows that the narrator is so desperate to have person 2 with him again that he is willing to sacrifice their feelings.
(Chorus)
Next stanza:
So close, so close Yet so far away (so far) I don't know (I don't) How to be solo (no) So don't go, oh, no, just stay You and I were bright, shooting through the sky daily (yeah) Lighting up the night, wasn't always right, baby (mhm) Yeah, every time that we realised it's crazy And you save me
The narrator knows that although person 2 may not be physically distant, their heart is far from his. He also knows that he needs person 2 because he doesn’t want to go back to life without the comforts they bring. He tried to convince person 2 and himself that things should go back to how they were because back then, their love was aflame (“lighting up the sky”) and they kept him sane and happy in his lowest moments. He essentially wants that sense of security again.
(Chorus)
Last stanza: Yeah, I brought same ones too I know you're tired, I know you're tired Just say it, I agree with you Yeah, sick of all the poison in me What did I do wrong for me, babe? Uh, I see myself in you, I see myself in you, baby I see myself in you, alright, I sold my soul for you I see myself in you, maybe you should too
He ends the song in a conflict, without a real resolution. He responds in a one sided conversation, saying that he agrees that person 2 is “tired” of him and their relationship, while also speaking to himself (“what did I do wrong for me”) because he believes that he is suffering more from person 2’s indifference to him than they are suffering by being in a relationship with him. The narrator repeats this idea, the truth that his need for person 2 has everything to do with his own need for security that he can’t create himself (“I see myself in you”). When he says that maybe person 2 should also see themself in him, he means that he wants them to understand his need for them in one last effort to get them back.
All in all, it’s a pretty sad song. That’s my personal interpretation :)