Echoes in the Mirror (remix 5.5)

Original Lyrics by JP Brown. © JP Brown - all rights reserved. #Verse 1 I welcomed you inside my shelter, let your shadow intertwine You whispered sugar-coated venom, sent our story to decline I watched your tongue ignite the rumor, watched the wildfire take its toll As flames consumed the fragile trust, leaving ashes in my soul #Pre-Chorus Your words cut deeper than a blade, yet something trembles in your gaze A broken mirror in your mind, where light breaks the shadow in a silent blaze #Chorus I am torn between the fury and the sorrow Between the call to judgment and the wish to heal tomorrow I feel the poison in the echoes you’ve created But I see the child you lost, abandoned and jaded #Verse 2 You painted me in tainted colors, spread your fingerprints of blame As if your haunted heart could cleanse itself upon my name I gather up the shattered fragments of the trust you tried to steal But in the wreckage of your anger, I found the strength to heal #Bridge I won’t throw stones into the chasm—though your false fire sears my skin Because I sense the ghost inside you, the war you cannot win So I’ll raise a light against your shadow, but I won’t let hate complete me I’ll hold compassion for the broken, even as love sets you free #Chorus (Reprise) Here I stand between the verdict and the mercy Between the scars you’re carving and the hope I’ll someday feel worthy I taste the bitterness of every lie you’ve sown and cultivated But grace outgrew the ruins you detonated #Outro So speak the Truth to that reflection—may it heal your fractured stand I’ll walk away with neither vengeance nor the weight of shadows in my hand But in the ashes of betrayal, a garden starts to bloom Each petal born of pain and grace, dispelling all the gloom