Unsteady Reflection

Verse 1

I wake up in a face I know
But it don’t feel like me
Same coin but I flipped to a different life
Not sure why,
Something’s just not right

I trace the outline in the glass
Like I’ve done a thousand times
Trying to find the girl I was
Before the lines became blurred 

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Pre-Chorus

Every morning I’m rearranged
Like I shift in the sands 
I learn the version I should be
Always playing pretend

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Chorus

I’m an unsteady reflection
Shifting with the light
I don’t know who I am
But I’ll play the part again 
Every piece of me
Feels a little disconnected
I’m looking for myself
In an unsteady reflection

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Verse 2

I laugh at things I loved before
And cry at everything
I say things I don’t really mean
But somehow they’re still true

I change depending on the room
On who is standing there
Like I’m made of borrowed pieces
Who am I suppose to be
When I don’t recognize 

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Pre-Chorus 

Every feeling hits too fast
Then it’s gone without a trace
I try to hold onto something real
But it slips through like holding rain

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Chorus 

I’m an unsteady reflection
Shifting with the light
I don’t know who I am
But I’ll play the part again 
Every piece of me
Feels a little disconnected
I’m looking for myself
In an unsteady reflection

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Bridge

If I stay still, will I stay me?
Or fade into someone else?
Are these fragments all I am
Or parts of something else?

Tell me there’s a version
That doesn’t disappear
Tell me there’s a version
That actually stays here

’Cause I’m tired of chasing faces
That vanish when I’m near
I just want to recognize
The girl inside the mirror

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Final Chorus 

I’m an unsteady reflection
Cracking in the light
Trying to recognize
Someone I can’t quite find
Every piece of me
Feels a little disconnected
I’m still searching for myself
In an unsteady reflection

Dark ambient indie pop, soft piano, haunting female vocals, introspective, melancholic, identity and mental health theme