[Verse 1] There’s a crack in the glass by the powder light Where I learned to paint on a braver face Old lipstick in a silver case Still remembers another age I see braids and sequins Black satin, white silk I see every woman I’ve been Staring back at me [Pre-Chorus] And every woman I have been Is standing close to me [Chorus] The mirror still works It tells me the truth Every line is a road Every shadow is proof The mirror still works I do not disappear I can look at what I’ve become And still see myself here [Verse 2] There’s a dress on the chair from a city I left A song in the walls from a country gone A ribbon near my perfume And a crowd when the lights come on I see the girl, the queen, the woman made of gold Still touching the glass [Pre-Chorus] And every year I tried to hide Is written on my skin [Chorus] The mirror still works It tells me the truth Every line is a road Every shadow is proof The mirror still works I do not disappear I can look at what I’ve become And still see myself here [Post-Chorus] Here in the silver Here in the stain Here in the woman Who outlived the frame [Verse 3] I have been a symbol, a lover, a ghost A mother awake with the city below An exile, a singer, a face in the light [Bridge] No, it does not make me softer No, it does not make me cruel To see the time across my face And not call it a wound I was never just the fire I was never just the light So let the glass be honest I am not asking to be ageless I am asking to be real [Final Chorus] The mirror still works It tells me the truth Every line is a road Every shadow is proof The mirror still works I do not disappear I can look at what I’ve become And still see myself here [Final Post-Chorus] Here in the silver Here in the stain Here in the woman Who outlived the frame [Outro] Do not smooth me into silence I have earned this reflection I have earned this face The mirror still works The mirror still works I am standing in the truth And the truth does not look away.
