The mirror
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 am 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 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 i'm 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 we 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 we held each other like we had to compete 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'm looking forward to never looking back you bought a ticket to fly far away said you're sorry to go but you'd write me every day 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 the faces will never change look in the mirror forever faces will never change you said it's easy to move on and forget the past i'm looking forward to never looking back i tell my face in the looking glass i'm looking forward to never looking back i tell the only face in the looking glass i'm looking forward to never looking back i tell the only face in the looking glass i'm 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 songs that can be summed up in a sentence, in this case "we could have been something together but we're too hung up on not being hung up on our pasts." also i should mention i've been listening to tom waits nonstop, mostly rain dogs, and wrote the rhythm of this melody to the song "jockey full of bourbon" and in awe of the excellent line "i tell you all my secrets but lie about my past" from "tango till they're sore." i <3 tom waits.
