To The One In The Mirror

0:00] – Intro (Ambient + Breath/Heartbeat Texture)

Soft inhale, faint heartbeat under pads — no words for 3–4 seconds

(as if looking into the mirror, gathering courage to speak)

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Verse 1 (Soft, Intimate — “speaking to reflection”)

Hey…

I don’t know where to start with you tonight

You’re looking back at me like you’ve been

Waiting for the truth to rise

(breath in, shaky)

I see the tired in your eyelids,

The quiet in your jaw

The way you learned to hold your breath

Whenever life felt raw

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Pre-Chorus (Self-recognition)

I know I didn’t treat you right

I wore you like a costume just to make it through the night

But I see you now

I see you now

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Chorus (Haunting, Gentle Release)

I’m sorry I made you a stranger

Inside your own skin

I’m sorry I shut all the windows

And locked you within

I swear I’m trying to find my way back to you again

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Verse 2 (More Direct, Still Gentle)

You don’t have to look away,

I know you’ve seen the worst of me

All the nights I let the mask rot

Instead of setting you free

(soft exhale)

I used your voice like armor,

When it never should have been

You never asked to be the one

To bleed beneath my skin

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Pre-Chorus 2 (Reflection of Growth)

If I could take your hand, I would

I’d pull you from the glass and show you

You were always good

And I see you now

I see you now

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Chorus 2 (Slightly Stronger Emotion, but still soft)

I’m sorry I made you a stranger

Inside your own skin

I’m sorry I built all these walls up

And called it “discipline”

I swear I’m trying to be someone you can live with again

THIS is the “almost-break” moment:

On the bolded word below, the voice almost cracks into a scream, but catches itself.

I’m still here— (catches breath, swallows the scream)

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Bridge (Breath, Whisper, Heartbeat Forward)

(Heartbeat slightly louder for 2 bars, breath audible)

If you can forgive me

I’ll try to forgive me too

And maybe…

We’ll recognize the person in the mirror

When we make it through

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Outro (Softest Line, Acceptance)

I see you

And I won’t look away this time

(soft exhale, heartbeat fades out, no instrument tail — silence)