08 In the Mirror, Darkling (Destruction Engine)

Alternative pop fused with metalcore and post-hardcore: music-box piano, tense string swells, distorted low-tuned bass and guitars, punchy electronic drums with pounding live kit and selective double-kick; claustrophobic verses into huge violent choruses, female breathy cleans and soaring belts snapping into raw fry screams and deep growls, wide polished clean layers against centered dry screams, sub-heavy dark mix with sharp transient impact

[Verse 1] I met you where the glass goes black A little queen with a borrowed crown You wore my face but the smile was cracked And every hallway folded down [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Come closer, don’t be shy” Then pulled the floor from under mine [Chorus] In the mirror, darkling Who let you in? You turn my eyes to carnival pins In the mirror, darkling Say my name If I step through, will I leave the same? [Verse 2] The rabbit clock had lost its hands A velvet maze beneath my bed I followed footprints made of sand And heard you singing in my head [Pre-Chorus] Your little door was painted red You knew the words I never said [Chorus] In the mirror, darkling Who let you in? You turn my eyes to carnival pins In the mirror, darkling Say my name If I step through, will I leave the same? [Bridge] Take off the crown Unlace the grin The room spins out I’m looking in Not your doll Not your queen I break the glass And wake the dream [Final Chorus] In the mirror, darkling Now I see The thing that stared was part of me In the mirror, darkling Lose my name I step through—and I don’t leave the same [Outro] The black glass closes The hallway bends I meet my face And call it friend

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