"Mirror Teeth"

[Verse 1] The mirror learned my name before I did. It kept it sharp and cold. I knocked — it knocked back harder. I smiled — it smiled like gold. I said, "Who lives in there?" It said, "Who lives out here?" We argued for a lifetime About which one disappeared. [Pre-Chorus] It knows the things I swallowed. It counts the things I broke. It wears my face on Tuesday And speaks in someone else's throat. [Chorus] Mirror teeth — they’re mine Mirror teeth — they’re mine Every word that ever cut me Was already in my mind Mirror teeth — they bite Mirror teeth — they bite But the thing that tries to break me Is the thing that kept me alive [Verse 2] I drew a door on Monday. It opened on its own. Inside were every version Of the parts I’d never shown. The angry one was singing. The quiet one had fire. The one who smiled at strangers Had been living on the wire. [Pre-Chorus] They all wear my handwriting. They all know where I sleep. They argue in the dark now Over which one I can keep. [Chorus] Mirror teeth — they’re mine Mirror teeth — they’re mine Every word that ever cut me Was already in my mind Mirror teeth — they bite Mirror teeth — they bite But the thing that tries to break me Is the thing that kept me alive [Bridge] The mirror has thirty-seven cracks. I made more than half myself. The rest were there before I came Like ghosts already on the shelf. I left them. They looked like company. [Final Chorus] Mirror teeth — they’re mine Every scar — every line I stopped trying to outrun what I have carried all this time Mirror teeth — they bite But they bite to keep me right And the thing inside the mirror Is the reason I’m still standing in the light [Outro] Thirty-seven cracks. And I know every one. Silence.