[Intro: Choir + Kanye Spoken Word] (Yeah... yeah...) Lights flashin’... cameras crashin’... I’m tryna see myself through the noise. Sometimes I feel like the mirror’s broken — Or maybe I’m just too real for the reflection. Uh... let’s talk to God for a second. [Verse 1] They told me “Ye, you changed,” I said “I’m just free,” They want nostalgia, not my prophecy, I built my faith off pain and belief, My tears drippin’ down in 808s and grief. I seen friends turn ghosts, fans turn foes, Devils wear Prada, I’m still wearin’ those, Every loss I took just sharpened my flows, I bled in the booth — that’s how the story goes. My name ring bells in a world of static, They judge my truth ‘cause it sound cinematic, I spoke to the sky, it said “be dramatic,” ‘Cause heaven don’t listen unless you craft magic. [Pre-Chorus: Kanye + Choir] Every sample I flip got a sermon inside, Every heartbreak turned to a choir that cried, I’m the saint and the sinner, the fall and the rise, You can crucify a man but his soul survives. [Hook: Kanye & Choir] I’m a mirrorball, I reflect it all, Every broken piece still gon’ shine when I fall, They watch my pain like it’s televised, But I turn my scars into Grammy lines. I’m a mirrorball (yeah), I reflect it all (uh), Every prayer I said still echoes through the hall, You can’t dim my light, even if I crawl, ‘Cause I shine through the dark — I’m a mirrorball. [Verse 2] I been fightin’ with my shadow in surround sound, Lost in my thoughts while the world spin round, Fame a high I can’t put down, Even when I fall, I still stand crown’d. They want Ye to repent, they want Ye to behave, But I been talkin’ to God, I ain’t talkin’ to slaves, I’m tryin’ to free minds, not get paid, But they only see the storm, not the seed I laid. Got angels hummin’ on a tape machine, My sins on loop, but the chords stay clean, If truth is pain, then I’m pristine, ‘Cause every verse I write cut deep and serene. [Bridge: Gospel Choir + Kanye] (Choir) Shine through the pain, shine through the fall... God made the light in the darkest hall... (Kanye) I made peace with the storm, now it’s my drumline, They told me stop searchin’ — I said “Not this time.” I turn chaos to color, pain to design, When you live in the mirror, the truth ain’t kind. (Choir rises) Shine... shine... through the pain... [Verse 3: Kanye Spoken Verse + Harmony] Yeah, I been runnin’ from mirrors that show me me, The genius, the flaw, the prophecy. They want me humble, but I talk to kings, Every broken thing in me still sings. I seen love fade fast when the lights came on, But I still thank God when the mic stay on, My momma said, “Son, don’t chase the throne,” Just make heaven sound like home. Now I’m buildin’ altars in the studio booth, Prayin’ through pain, confessin’ in loops, Every note’s another truth, Every flaw another proof. [Hook: Kanye & Choir + Ad-libs] I’m a mirrorball, I reflect it all (yeah), Every broken piece still gon’ shine when I fall (shine), They watch my pain like it’s televised, But I turn my scars into Grammy lines. I’m a mirrorball (mirrorball), I reflect it all (uh), Every prayer I said still echoes through the hall (hallelujah), You can’t dim my light, even if I crawl (nah), ‘Cause I shine through the dark — I’m a mirrorball. [Outro: Kanye Spoken Word + Choir Fade] Yeah… Let the lights hit my flaws, let the crowd see truth, Don’t cover my cracks — they my proof. Every scar’s just a story I outgrew, Still shining... still Ye... still true. (Choir softly fading) Shine… shine… shine through it all… (Mike Dean synth outro, organs swelling...)
