The mirror

the mirror - rough mp3

Lyrics

you made a charm out of broken glass
hung it from the rearview of your cadillac
you said it's easy to move on and forget the past
i'm looking forward to never looking back

i remember every day with you from first to last
how you kissed my lips against the mirrored glass
you first caught my eye with your sharp hips
i cut my ears across your razor wit

we fought like demons underneath the sheets
you took me dancing in the rainy cold september streets
but your reflection in the foggy glass
made eyes at every other girl behind my back

you said it's easy to move on and forget the past
and i am looking forward to never looking back
i tell my face in the looking glass
how i am looking forward to never looking back

you swore it was an accident you'd not repeat
i broke a mirror in a fit of pique
i watched our faces picking up the glass
both looking forward to never looking back

we know it's easy to move on and forget the past
i am looking forward to never looking back
we remind our faces in the looking glass
we're looking forward to never looking back

your mouth was hard and your eyes were flat
and i explained at your fault line 'til you finally snapped
we fought like demons on that filthy april street
then we held each other like we had to compete

it's so easy to move on and forget the past
i am looking forward to never looking back
i tell my face in the looking glass
i am looking forward to never looking back

you bought a ticket to fly far away
you said you're sorry to go but you'd write me every day
and i looked in your mirror and there you say
you watched that mailbox forever but the letters never came
look in the mirror forever
and the faces will never change
look in the mirror forever
and the faces will never change

you said it's easy to move on and forget the past
i am looking forward to never looking back
i tell my face in the looking glass
i am looking forward to never looking back
i tell the only face in the looking glass
i am looking forward to never looking back	
i tell the only face in the looking glass
i am looking forward to never looking back	

Music

Chords

verse:

Em Am

chorus:

C D Em

transition:

Em

Structure

A C A A B C A B A D C B A

Author's Notes

the line "i'm looking forward to never looking back" was a quote from a conversation with this boy i have a terrible crush on and i meant to write a happy song from it, but i guess i only really write sad songs. this is also an effort based on a conversation with emily cooper about trying to write songss that can be summed up in a sentence, in this case "we could have been something but we're too hung up on not being hung up on our past."