mirror girl

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - skanking offbeat guitar, walking bass, brushed snare, smoky vocal]
Mirror girl, you got me running round my head
Spinning out of control, seeing red
Turn me upside down, turn me inside out
Every little truth got a way of shouting loud

[Pre-Chorus - accordion swell, rising horns, tension building]
And when I stop, still as a stone
I feel your stare right to the bone
From the silver glass, you never stray
You pull my breath and twist the day

[Chorus - bright ska horns, bouncy rhythm guitar, full band singalong]
Oh mirror girl, you’re looking at me
From inside the frame where the wild winds sleep
Mirror girl, you got me undone
Turning my dark into a rising sun
Round and round, I can’t break free
You’re the only face that’s facing me

[Verse 2 - deeper groove, syncopated bass, fiddle accents, urgent vocals]
I walk these roads with my collar high
But your ghost keeps pace in the corner of my eye
Every crack in the glass tells an old folk tale
Of a heart like mine and a love gone pale

You laugh in the light when the candles burn low
Like a river in winter, cold but it glows
I chase your shadow through the frame
And every step just sings your name

[Bridge - stripped back, hand drum, mournful fiddle, intimate vocal]
If I reach through the silver, will you leave me behind
Or stay like a secret in the back of my mind
I’m half of a fool and half of a flame
Looking for the girl who knows my name

[Chorus - fuller horns, driving skank, gang vocals]
Oh mirror girl, you’re looking at me
From inside the frame where the wild winds sleep
Mirror girl, you got me undone
Turning my dark into a rising sun
Round and round, I can’t break free
You’re the only face that’s facing me

[Outro - fading accordion, echoing guitar chops, reverb-soaked vocals]
Mirror girl, don’t let me go
In the glassy night where the cold winds blow goosebumps on my skin
I’m spinning, spinning, out of control
With your eyes in the frame and your fire in my soul