Midnight Mirror

[Verse 1]
It’s 2 a.m
The fan still hums
Ceiling cracks like crooked lines
I ask myself
“So how’d we end up here?”
Talk back to the shadow on the blinds
You said
“I’m fine
” I know you lied
You wear that smile like borrowed clothes
Why’s it easier to comfort strangers
Than the girl that everybody thinks they know?
[Pre-Chorus]
You keep swallowing the thunder
Till it burns behind your eyes
But I hear every echo
When the house gets quiet
[Chorus]
Tell me the truth in the dark
What are you hiding under your heart?
Why do you shake when the phone lights up?
Why do you ache when you call it love?
You’re not weak for wanting to cry
You’re not wrong for wanting to try
So talk to me like I’m someone else
I’m the only one who hears you
When you’re talking to yourself
[Verse 2]
You scroll through all those perfect lives
Pause on faces you don’t know
Then hate yourself for being jealous
Of a version that was never yours to hold
You replay every word you said
Till even silence sounds unkind
I ask you
“Would you judge a friend
The way you’re judging you tonight?”
[Pre-Chorus]
You keep stitching up the fissures
With apologies and doubt
But I see every fracture
When the lights go out
[Chorus]
Tell me the truth in the dark
What are you hiding under your heart?
Why do you shake when the phone lights up?
Why do you ache when you call it love?
You’re not weak for wanting to cry
You’re not wrong for wanting to try
So talk to me like I’m someone else
I’m the only one who hears you
When you’re talking to yourself
[Bridge]
Breathe in
Count to ten
Say your own name
Like you’d say a friend’s
You’re

Sparse indie ballad with close-mic’d female vocal, soft fingerpicked guitar, and a distant pad that blooms in the chorus. Verses stay hushed and confessional; chorus opens with wider reverb and layered harmonies, subtle bass and sidechain-swell kick for a gentle lift. Intimate, late-night mix that keeps the voice front and fragile., sad, female vocals