Broken Mirror

Ever take a walk through your broken mirror?
To catch a better glimpse, see your darkness clearer?
You’re smart enough to recognize a bad idea
But you take a chance
Won’t adhere to fear’s commands
Or maybe you just had no plans?

Lured by a sick curiosity
And the pitch black rabbit says, “Follow me”
With a grin and a spin of reality
You’re taken for a ride
Swirling through the underside
Where your secrets hide

You were flirting on the edge where the demons play
Now you’ve made your bed in the disarray
The place where God looks the other way
How you overstay
If only you’d left earlier
When the path was still familiar

Sure, one day you might make it home
But you will not return alone
Oh, the horrid seeds you’ve sewn
Oh, the twisted ways you’ve grown

Ah, ah

Wake up now, peel your eyes
Why make this life sacrifice?
Leash your demons, they’re just scars
They’re worlds apart from who you are
Merely your jewelry

Or they could where us in a sick charade
The walking dead go on parade
A new generation bringing back the plague
Ah
Ah, ominous eclipse
Self-taught apocalypse
In the mantra off your lips
Ah

Wake up now, peel your eyes
Why make this life a sacrifice?
Leash your demons, they’re just scars
They’re worlds apart from who you are
Crawl out of your broken mirror

Musicians
Jesse Strickman - vocals, drums and electric guitar
McKay Garner - percussion, keyboard/sound design and creaky dishwasher
Rocio Marron - violin and viola
Joshua Michael - grand piano
Lewis Patzner - cello
Kevin Goldberg - electric bass

Recorded by
McKay Garner at McKay Mix (San Francisco and Oakland, CA), Maryam Qudus and Jacob Winik at Tiny Telephone (San Francisco, CA) Nixie Davidsohn at Music Barn (Nipomo, CA) and Jesse Strickman at Music Barn and in his parents’ attic (Oakland, CA)

Mixed & Mastered by
McKay Garner

Produced & Arranged by
Jesse Strickman
McKay Garner

Additional harmony vocal arrangement by Joshua Michael
Additional string arrangement by Rocio Marron and Lewis Patzner

Written by
Jesse Strickman

Intro:
Em

Verse:
C/G | C/G | E | E

Pre-chorus:
C/G | C/G | G | G
Am | Am | Em | Em G

Chorus:
Am | D/F# | G | Em (2nd chorus sub C for Am)
Am7 | D/F# | G | Em
Am | Bm/F# | Em | Em G (2nd chorus sub Em for G)

Bridge:
Am | D/F# | Em | G
C/G | Am | Em | G
Am | D/F# | Em | G
C/G | Am | Em | G | Am Aadd4

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