Song Title: “The Mirror Cracked” Verse 1: Little face stared at the mirror every morning before the race Saw a stranger looking back with tired eyes and empty space School kept feeding him a script that said “be better, do your best” Came home with his spirit dimming like a candle losing breath Almost told his father off, almost cursed the family name Almost walked into the night and vanished in the flame World felt like a funhouse mirror twisting everything he knew Almost let the whole thing swallow every drop of what was true Pre-Chorus: One more test to conquer, one more chance to break One more smile to fake while feeling like a mistake Unique Chorus: Then one puff hit the glass and the mirror cracked in two Saw the reflection wasn’t him — it was the world he never knew Didn’t need to be the image, didn’t need to play their game The spirit underneath was whole before they gave it any name Rap Bridge (Multi-Syllable): Every deadline was a demon living rent-free in his head Every grade became a prison that was keeping him misled One inhale and the whole damn treadmill started slowing to a crawl Saw the rat race was a hamster wheel going nowhere after all Didn’t have to prove his value, didn’t have to stay upset Just a simple act of breathing turned the pressure into rest Verse 2: Brought that calm into the kitchen, showed his parents how to slow Mama’s headaches started fading, Papa finally let it go Friends were drowning in the same storm, caught inside the chase Kid just passed the herb around and showed ’em how to find their space What they feared would break the family became the medicine instead Positive vibration pulling everybody out the dread Bridge: We are Source Creator, we are that which stays behind Not the image in the mirror but the light that makes it shine Give it to the fire and the glory starts to breathe Optimal experience created in the space that stays beneath Final Chorus: Then one puff hit the glass and the mirror cracked in two Saw the reflection wasn’t him — it was the world he never knew Didn’t need to be the image, didn’t need to play their game The spirit underneath was whole before they gave it any name Outro Chant: Puff puff… spirit up-up…
